Khoroche, Peter.

Poems on Life and Love in Ancient India : Hāla's Sattasaī. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (223 pages) - SUNY Series in Hindu Studies . - SUNY Series in Hindu Studies .

Intro -- Poems on Life and Love in A N C I E N T I N D I A -- Contents -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- Introduction -- Invitation -- Exchanging Glances -- Lovers' Meetings -- Wrong Choices and Disappointments -- The Go-between -- The Young Couple -- Making Love -- The Perfect Wife -- The Brother-in-law -- Rival Wives -- The Errant Husband -- Getting Her Name Wrong -- Lovers' Quarrels -- The Faithless Wife -- The Abducted Wife -- Departure -- The Traveler's Wife -- The Traveler -- Country Characters -- Gods and Saints -- The God of Love -- A llegorical Verses -- Poetic Fancy -- Good Men and Bad -- Epilogue -- Variant Readings -- Concordance of Verses in Weber's Edition and thei Translation -- Bibliography.

The oldest surviving anthology of lyric poems from India, the Sattasai presents the many aspects of love and provides a realistic counterpart to the Kāmasūtra.

9780791494011


Hāla-Translations into English.
Love poetry, Prakrit-Translations into English.
Prakrit poetry-Translations into English.


Electronic books.

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