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Poems from the Sanskrit

By John Brough

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Poems from the Sanskrit

By John Brough

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The secular verses collected in this volume represent a highly civilized and artistic aspect of Sanskrit literature. For many readers in the west, Indian literature means the Bhagvadgita or the Kamasutra; in selecting this anthology the editor seeks to redress the balance. Composed in classical Sanskrit, the poems were written mainly between the fourth and tenth centuries AD. A purely literary language by the fourth century, Sanskrit contains a wealth of synonyms and lends itself to a strict metrical form with complex and subtle sound patterns. The compactness and condensation of which the language is capable, couped with longer and more elaborate metres, means that a single four-line stanza may cover as much ground as many a European sonnet. Graceful and elegant in expression, the verses cover a diversity of subject matters and styles and illustrate the richness of poetic invention and imagination shown by these ancient poets.
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Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
160
Release Date:
1977-12-01
Publication Date:
1977-12-01
Publisher:
Penguin Classics
Languages:
Published: English, Original: English
ISBN10:
0140441980
Weight:
127 g
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