Messenger Poems Hardback
by Kali dasa, Dhoyi, Rupa Gosvamin
Part of the Clay Sanskrit Library series
Hardback
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Sanskrit Messenger poems evoke the pain of separated sweethearts through the formula of an estranged lover pleading with a messenger to take a message to his or her beloved.
The plea includes a lyrical description of the route the messenger will take and the message itself.
The first was the Cloud Messenger, composed by Sanskrit’s finest poet, Kali·dasa, in the fifth century CE.
This inspired the next, the Wind Messenger, composed in praise of King Lákshmana·sena of Gauda (Bengal) in the twelfth century by Dhoyi, one of his court poets.
Numerous more followed, including the third in the CSL selection, the sixteenth-century Swan Messenger, composed in Bengal by Rupa Go·svamin, a devotee of Krishna. Co-published by New York University Press and the JJC FoundationFor more on this title and other titles in the Clay Sanskrit series, please visit http://www.claysanskritlibrary.org
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:440 pages
- Publisher:New York University Press
- Publication Date:01/06/2006
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- ISBN:9780814757147
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:440 pages
- Publisher:New York University Press
- Publication Date:01/06/2006
- Category:
- ISBN:9780814757147
