Sanskrit poetry : from Vidyākara's treasury / translated by Daniel H. H. Ingalls.
Material type: TextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Harvard University Press, 2000.Description: x, 346 p. : port. ; 24 cmContent type:- text
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- 0674788656 (pbk.)
- 9780674788657 (pbk.)
- 0674788559 (cloth)
- 9780674788558 (cloth)
- Subhāṣitaratnakoṣa. English
- 891.21 SAN 23 007952
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Book | Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore | 891.21 SAN 007952 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 007952 |
A brief version of Ingalls' translation of Subhāṣitaratnakoṣa published as Harvard oriental series, v. 44 under title: An anthology of Sanskrit court poetry.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-331) and indexes.
The buddha and the bodhisattvas --
Siva --
Siva's household --
Visnu --
The sun --
Spring --
Summer --
The rains --
Autumn --
Early winter --
Late winter --
Kama --
Adolescence --
Young women --
The blossoming of love --
Words of the female messenger --
Love in enjoyment --
The evidence of consummation --
The women offended --
The lady parted for her lover --
The lover separated from his mistress --
The wanton --
The lady's expression of anger at her messenger --
The lamp --
Sunset --
Darkness --
The moon --
Dawn --
Midday --
Fame --
Allegorical epigrams --
Breezes --
Characterizations --
Greatness --
Good men --
Villains --
Poverty and misers --
Substantiations --
Flattery of kings --
Discouragement --
Old age --
The cremation ground --
The hero --
Inscription panegyrics --
Mountains --
Peace --
Miscellaneous --
Praise of poets.
In this collection of Sanskrit verse, the late Daniel Ingalls provides English readers with poetry from the anthology of an 11th-century Buddhist scholar. Althought the style of poetry presented here originated at the royal courts, the book shows how it was adapted to all aspects of life.
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