Vāsavadatta
Author: Subandhu
Publisher:
Published: 1913
Total Pages: 242
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Vāsavadattā, a classical Sanskrit romantic tale.
Author: Subandhu
Publisher:
Published: 1913
Total Pages: 242
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Vāsavadattā, a classical Sanskrit romantic tale.
Author: Maan Singh
Publisher: Sahitya Akademi
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 166
ISBN-13: 9788172015091
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Present Work Embodies A Comprehensive Study Of Subandhu And A Critical Appraisal Of His Contribution To Sanskrit Literature. Besides A Biographical Account Of Subandhu And A Brief Introduction To His Vasavadatta,It Presents A Detailed Literary Evaluation With Regard To His Plot-Construction, Narration, Descriptive Art, Characterization, Delineation Of Sentiments (Rasas), Use Of Poetic Figures (Alankaras), And Style And Diction, Followed By A Succinct Account Of The Social And Cultural Conditions Reflected In His Prose Romance. Though Designed For The General Reader, Scholars Would Also Find The Present Work Of Refreshing Interest.
Author: Maan Singh
Publisher:
Published: 1979
Total Pages: 608
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Comparative study between two classical Sanskrit authors, with special reference to the Vāsavadattā and Avantīsundarīkathā portion of Daśakumāracarita.
Author: Yigal Bronner
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2010-03-30
Total Pages: 376
ISBN-13: 023152529X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Beginning in the sixth century C.E. and continuing for more than a thousand years, an extraordinary poetic practice was the trademark of a major literary movement in South Asia. Authors invented a special language to depict both the apparent and hidden sides of disguised or dual characters, and then used it to narrate India's major epics, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, simultaneously. Originally produced in Sanskrit, these dual narratives eventually worked their way into regional languages, especially Telugu and Tamil, and other artistic media, such as sculpture. Scholars have long dismissed simultaneous narration as a mere curiosity, if not a sign of cultural decline in medieval India. Yet Yigal Bronner's Extreme Poetry effectively negates this position, proving that, far from being a meaningless pastime, this intricate, "bitextual" technique both transcended and reinvented Sanskrit literary expression. The poems of simultaneous narration teased and estranged existing convention and showcased the interrelations between the tradition's foundational texts. By focusing on these achievements and their reverberations through time, Bronner rewrites the history of Sanskrit literature and its aesthetic goals. He also expands on contemporary theories of intertextuality, which have been largely confined to Western texts and practices.
Author: Laurie L. Patton
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2005-06-27
Total Pages: 306
ISBN-13: 0520930886
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This elegantly written book introduces a new perspective on Indic religious history by rethinking the role of mantra in Vedic ritual. In Bringing the Gods to Mind, Laurie Patton takes a new look at mantra as "performed poetry" and in five case studies draws a portrait of early Indian sacrifice that moves beyond the well-worn categories of "magic" and "magico-religious" thought in Vedic sacrifice. Treating Vedic mantra as a sophisticated form of artistic composition, she develops the idea of metonymy, or associational thought, as a major motivator for the use of mantra in sacrificial performance. Filling a long-standing gap in our understanding, her book provides a history of the Indian interpretive imagination and a study of the mental creativity and hermeneutic sophistication of Vedic religion.
Author: Venkatesh Rangan
Publisher: Notion Press
Published: 2022-11-12
Total Pages: 451
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Between 476 CE and 505 CE, three heroic “makers of history” from India laid the seeds of a massive transformation in human society; the effects of which we still feel today. Budhagupta Vikramaditya, the heroic warrior emperor, unified a polarized and disintegrating country, defeated the “world conquering” armies of the Huns, appointed mentors to the Nan Qi emperors of Southern China and paved the way for organized state formation in Tibet. He organized a series of mega conferences that powered a transformative intellectual ferment. Two products of the intellectual ferment of these years were the child prodigy, Aryabhata, and the literary giant, Subandhu. In the wider realm of world politics and society, the effects of events of these three decades in India laid the foundation for some of the most defining moments of civilizational history. These moments included the unification of the Korean peninsula in the 7th cent, the consolidation of imperial control by the Soga clan in Japan, the transformation of Chinese polity, a redefinition of Sassanian kingship in Persia and an intellectual revolution in late medieval Europe. This book is a non-fiction narrative of this incredible yet rare story of three Indians who in a short span of thirty years created a whole new world.
Author: Walter M. Spink
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 436
ISBN-13: 9004148329
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Annotation. Volume Two begins with the contentious, yet challenging, views of Hans Bakker and Richard Cohen, both of whom are involved with an overview of Ajanta's development. This is explored further in shorter essays by Karl Khandalavala, Arvind Jamkhedkar, and Brahmanand Deshpande. At the same time, the author presents a detailed analysis of the form and development of Cave 26, as a model upon which his other arguments are built.
Author: Asiatic Society (Kolkata, India)
Publisher:
Published: 1906
Total Pages: 514
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Author: ABP News
Publisher: Juggernaut Books
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9386228505
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Presented by the bestselling author and superstar actor. Buddha, Chanakya, Ashoka, Shankaracharya, Prithviraj Chauhan, Kabir, Akbar, Maharana Pratap, Dara Shikoh, Shivaji. The story of India through the lives of 10 extraordinary men, these portraits of India's icons is popular history at its best.