Subhâshitâvali: An Anthology of Comic, Erotic and Other Verse - Softcover

(Tr.), Haksar A.N.D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0143101366 ISBN 13: 9780143101369

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 2012

Synopsis

This is a collection of epigrammatic verses on myriad topics, ranging from nature, devotion, friendship, virtue, to “all aspects of love, symbolic and actual, emotional as well as physical”. The original Subhashitavali, from which this anthology has been selected, was compiled in circa 15th century by Vallabhadeva.

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Synopsis:

This is a tapestry of miniature verses from classical Sanskrit. This selection from the "Subhashitavali", a celebrated verse anthology compiled by Vallabhadeva in c. fifteenth-century Kashmir, offers a rich variety of erotic poetry and a wealth of lyrical and gnomic verse. One section is given to earthy humour and cynical satire seldom available in English renditions. Also included are invocations and allegories, panegyrics and pen-pictures, sage observations and stark musings. The sweep of these verses is matched by the eclectic array of contributors - from illustrious poets like Vyasa and Valmiki, Kalidasa and Bana to others now mostly forgotten.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0143101366
• ISBN 13: 9780143101369
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208