1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911078920403321

Titolo

Message from the President of the United States, communicating a report from the Secretary of the Navy on the subject of the discipline of the Navy, suggesting amendments necessary in consequence of the abolition of flogging. January 10, 1851. Read, referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. January 28, 1851. Bill S. No. 430

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.] : , : [publisher not identified], , 1851

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (10 pages) : tables

Collana

Senate executive document / 31st Congress, 2nd session. Senate ; ; no. 12

[United States congressional serial set] ; ; [serial no. 589]

Altri autori (Persone)

FillmoreMillard <1800-1874.>

Soggetti

Corporal punishment

Courts-martial and courts of inquiry

Military offenses

Naval offenses

Naval discipline

Sailors

Reform

Legislative materials.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

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2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911145471403321

Autore

Hà„la

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

0-7914-9401-2

1-4416-0776-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (223 pages)

Collana

Excelsior Editions

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.