An Ornament for Jewels - Love Poems for the Lord of Gods, by Venkatesa

Klappentext A thematically organized, annotated collection of translations from the Sanskrit, Tamil, and Maharastri Prakrit poetry of medieval South Indian Srivaisnava philosopher and saint-poet Venkatesa. Each translated poem forms a chapter in itself, along with an Afterword and detailed notes, with commentary. Zusammenfassung A thematically organized, annotated collection of translations from the Sanskrit, Tamil, and Maharastri Prakrit poetry of medieval South Indian Srivaisnava philosopher and saint-poet Venkatesa. Each translated poem forms a chapter in itself, along with an Afterword and detailed notes, with commentary. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Part I: Venkatesa the Poet Introduction Part II: Love Poems for the Lord of Gods 1.: A Necklace of Three Jewels for the Lord of Gods 2.: An Ornament for the Jewels: The Navamanimalai 3.: Fifty Stanzas for the Lord of Gods: Devanayakapancasat 4.: One Hundred Stanzas for the Invincible Lord of Medicine Hill: the Acyutasatakam Part III: Krishna in a World of Vishnu 5.: At Play With Krishna in the Tamil Land: Gopalavimsati Part IV: Delectable Light in Serpent Town: the Alvar Before Him 6.: Praises of Devanayaka by Tirumankaiyalvar: From the Periyatirumoli Glossary Bibliography

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Steven P Hopkins, Steven P. Hopkins, Steven P. (Associate Professor of Asian Studies Hopkins, Hopkins Steven P., Venkatanatha
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 18.10.2007
• EAN: 9780195326390
• ISBN: 978-0-19-532639-0
• Seiten: 181
• Abmessung: 165 mm x 241 mm x 25 mm
• Themen: Belletristik > Lyrik, Dramatik; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Allgemeine und Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft; RELIGION / General, POETRY / General, Poetry, PHILOSOPHY / Eastern, East Asian and Indian philosophy, Oriental & Indian philosophy, Other non-Christian religions, Poetry / Poems, Further religions and spiritual beliefs,