The short lyric poem appears with great frequency in Sanskrit collections and displays a wide range of themes. Bhartri-hari is the most famous composer. Amaru and Bilhana also offer excellent examples.
This anthology of the Love Lyrics of three Indian poets conjures up an atmosphere of love both sensual and social, ever in tension with love's rejection or repression. The flavor of all these poems- Amaru's seventh-century C.E. "Hundred Poems," Bhartri-hari's anthology "Love, Politics, Disenchantment," from the fourth century, and Bilhana's eleventh-century "Fifty Stanzas of a Thief"--is the universalized aesthetic experience of love.
Co-published by New York University Press and the JJC Foundation
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The short lyric poem appears with great frequency in Sanskrit collections and displays a wide range of themes. Bhartri-hari is the most famous composer. Amaru and Bilhana also offer excellent examples.
This anthology of the Love Lyrics of three Indian poets conjures up an atmosphere of love both sensual and social, ever in tension with love's rejection or repression. The flavor of all these poems- Amaru's seventh-century C.E. "Hundred Poems," Bhartri-hari's anthology "Love, Politics, Disenchantment," from the fourth century, and Bilhana's eleventh-century "Fifty Stanzas of a Thief"--is the universalized aesthetic experience of love.
Co-published by New York University Press and the JJC Foundation
For more on this title and other titles in the Clay Sanskrit series, please visit http: //www.claysanskritlibrary.org
Imprint | New York University Press |
Country of origin | United States |
Series | Clay Sanskrit Library |
Release date | February 2005 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days |
First published | February 2005 |
Authors | Amaru, Bhartrihari |
Translators | Greg Bailey, Bilhana |
Editors | Richard F. Gombrich |
Dimensions | 169 x 115 x 20mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Hardcover |
Pages | 327 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-8147-9938-3 |
Barcode | 9780814799383 |
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LSN | 0-8147-9938-8 |