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Record Nr.

UNINA9910958785403321

Autore

Hala

Titolo

Poems on life and love in ancient India : Hala's Sattasai / / translated from the Prakrit and introduced by Peter Khoroche and Herman Tieken

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, NY, : Excelsior Editions, c2009

ISBN

9780791494011

0791494012

9781441607768

1441607765

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (223 pages)

Collana

SUNY series in Hindu studies

Altri autori (Persone)

KhorochePeter

TiekenHerman Joseph Hugo <1952->

Disciplina

891/.3

Soggetti

Love poetry, Prakrit

Prakrit poetry

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-212).

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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