Princess Kadambari: 7 (Clay Sanskrit Library) - Hardcover

Bana

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0814740804 ISBN 13: 9780814740804

Publisher: Clay Sanskrit, 2009

Synopsis

No Sanskrit poet is more interesting, original, or greater than Bana. His prose poem "Princess Kadambari" is his supreme achievement. His patron, King Harsha, ruled much of northern India from 606 to 647 CE from his capital at Kannauj. "Princess Kadambari", a work of fiction set in keenly observed royal courts, has everything. A love story doubled and redoubled in rebirth, the romance was so influential that its title became the word for a novel in some modern Indian languages. In free form verse, the experimental poem embodies enormous originality. Animals, flowers and mythology, as well as humans are presented in sympathetic detail. The complex coherent structure will culminate in a breathtaking conclusion. The two love affairs that dominate the poem have not yet begun in this first volume, where we hear of rituals to obtain a son, and the upbringing of a prince. Altogether the reader is given perhaps the fullest presentation of classical India available in a single work.

About this title

Review:

"Small, elegant books, beautifully printed, sparsely annotated, and bilingual...This arrangement naturally delights students of Sanskrit, who may dispense,at least temporarily, with their dictionaries and grammar books; but you do nothave to know Sanskrit to enjoy reading these volumes." --The New Republic

About the Author:

George David Smith is Clinical Professor of Economics, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation and is Academic Director of the Executive MBA degree programs at New York University’s Stern School of Business.

About this edition

• Publisher: Clay Sanskrit
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0814740804
• ISBN 13: 9780814740804
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 520