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Messenger Poems (Clay Sanskrit Library)

By Kalidasa , Dhoyin , Rupa Gosvamin

Book information

Year
2006
ISBN
0814757146, 9780814757147, 9780814795736
LCC
PK4474 .M48 2006
Open Library ID
OL18023436M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
548 kB (560750 bytes)
Pages
440\295
Topic
Linguistics Foreign
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07
Языки и языкознание;Санскрит;Тексты

Description

Sanskrit Messenger poems evoke the pain of separated sweethearts through the formula of an estranged lover pleading with a messenger to take a message to his or her beloved. The plea includes a lyrical description of the route the messenger will take and the message itself. The first was the Cloud Messenger, composed by Sanskrit’s finest poet, Kali·dasa, in the fifth century CE. This inspired the next, the Wind Messenger, composed in praise of King Lákshmana·sena of Gauda (Bengal) in the twelfth century by Dhoyi, one of his court poets. Numerous more followed, including the third in the CSL selection, the sixteenth-century Swan Messenger, composed in Bengal by Rupa Go·svamin, a devotee of Krishna.Co-published by New York University Press and the JJC FoundationFor more on this title and other titles in the Clay Sanskrit series, please visit http://www.claysanskritlibrary.org

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