Author: Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publishe ISBN: 9788120811805 Category : Authors, Indic Languages : en Pages : 434
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Bhavabhuti has been unanimously acclaimed as an eminent Sanskrit poet, second only to Kalidasa. The present work deals with the various problems concerning this great poet of Vidarbha such as the identification of his birthplace, his identity with Umbeka, the location of the god Kalapriyanatha at whose fairs all his plays were first staged, the chronological relation of his Uttra-Rama-charita to the Kundamala of Dhiranga, the influence of his works on later Sanskrit dramatists and so forth. Besides, the present work gives a detailed account of the plots of all his plays with numerous citations from them together with their English rendering, which will enable ordinary readers to appreciate his poetic genius and dramatic talent. it also states in detail the poet`s views on various religious, political and social matters. The present work is thus designed to meet the needs of both the ordinary and the critical readers of Bhavabhuti`s works.
Author: Bhavabhūti Publisher: Global Vision Pub House ISBN: 9788182200128 Category : Sanskrit drama Languages : en Pages : 136
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Uttararamacharita By Bhavabhuti (7Th Century) Deals With The History Of Rama,S Later Life, Beginning With His Coronation, The Abandonment Of Sita, And Their Final Reunion. Bhavabhuti Says He Has Only Given A Dramatic Form To The Ramayana Katha Of Valmiki. It Is True That The Main Characters And Events In This Play Are Drawn From The Ramayana, But The Changes In Characters And Happenings Bhavabhuti Has Made, Including The Happy End, Cannot All Be Ascribed To The Demands Of The Dramatic Form. Bhavabhuti Has, In Fact, Presented The Rama Story With A New Motivation Within An Overall Design Implying Purposeful Art.
Author: Adithi Rao Publisher: Penguin Books India ISBN: 9780143330394 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 180
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Six unforgettable stories of love and bravery, treachery and injustice, from ancient Indian literature Classical Sanskrit and Tamil writing teem with a myriad characters, and here we meet some truly memorable ones. This collection of six plays, poems and epics retold for children includes ‘Shakuntala’, a heartrending story of the love between the beautiful Shakuntala and King Dushyanta; ‘The Little Clay Cart’, where the evil designs of the king and his family are foiled by the righteous Charudatta and Vasantasena; ‘The Story of an Anklet’, about Kannagi, who wreaks a terrible revenge for the wrong done to her; ‘Manimekalai’, the extraordinary account of a woman’s search for her true calling; ‘The Last Trial of Sita’, in which the playwright gives a whole new ending to the Ramayana, and ‘The Broken Thigh’, about the final, desperate combat between Duryodhana and Bheema on the battlefield of Kurukshetra. Accompanied by descriptions of the authors’ lives and the time when the stories were written, these lively retellings are an ideal introduction to some of the best-known stories from the Indian classics.
Author: Meena Alexander Publisher: Everyman's Library ISBN: 1400042259 Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 258
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According to the Kama Sutra, the erotic handbook written two thousand years ago, when the wheel of ecstasy is in motion “there is no textbook at all, and no order.” Indian Love Poems is a unique gathering of poems from across more than two and a half millennia that attempts to catalog the disordered ecstasies of love, ranging from the Kama Sutra and earlier works up to present-day India and the poets of the Indian diaspora. Indian Love Poems features works from the classical languages of Sanskrit and Tamil and such later languages as Hindi, Urdu, Malayalam, Bengali, and English. Emerging from many Indian cultures and eras, the poems collected here reflect a variety of erotic and spiritual passions, and celebrate the powerful role of desire–both male and female–in the intricate dance of existence. From the twelfth-century female poet Mahadeviyakka to the twentieth-century Nobel Prize winner Rabindranath Tagore to such contemporary poets as Kamala Das and Vikram Seth, this glittering tapestry of lyric voices beautifully and sensually evokes the transfiguring force of love.
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