Kumāra-Sambhava of Kālidāsa


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ABOUT THE BOOK:The Kumarasambhava of Kalidasa is a tour-de-force of literary effort of a very high order, and is in fact the oriflamme of Indian Poetic genius. It is a gem among Kalidasa's poetic works. It Sings of divine love and of the strife betwee




The Birth of Kum_ra


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A bi-lingual Sanskrit/English classic rarely available.




Kumarasambhavam


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Kumarasambhavam celebrates the love story of Siva and Parvati, whose passionate union results in the birth of their son, the young god Kumara. Beginning with a luminous description of the birth of Parvati, the poem proceeds in perfectly pitched sensuous detail through her courtship with Siva until the night of their wedding. It plays out their tale on the immense scale of supreme divinity, wherein the gods are viewed both as lovers and as cosmic principles. Composed in eight scintillating cantos, Kumarasambhavam continues to enchant readers centuries after it was first written. Hank Heifetz's sparkling translation brings to life the heady eroticism and sumptuous imagery of the original.







Eng Kalindi Charan Panigrahi


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Kalidasa Is Honoured As IndiaýS National Poet, Par Excellence, And The Greatest Spokesman Of Her Cultural Heritage. Though He Wrote In Sanskrit, His Influence Has Been Profound On All The Literatures Of India. He Has Never Been Excelled. This Treatise Presents A Glimpse Of The Masterpoet In The Light Of Scholarship Upto Date In A Language Appealing Even To The General Reader. It Offers A Critical-Analytical Survey Of All His Works From The Perspective Of Indian Poetics And Reveals Kalidasa As A Universal Poet Of Nature, Love And Humanism In General And As Embodiment Of Indian Ethos In Particular.







Indian Poetics


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The Loom of Time


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Kalidasa is the major poet and dramatist of classical Sanskrit literature - a many-sided talent of extraordinary scope and exquisite language. His great poem, Meghadutam (The Cloud Messenger), tells of a divine being, punished for failing in his sacred duties with a years' separation from his beloved. A work of subtle emotional nuances, it is a haunting depiction of longing and separation. The play Sakuntala describes the troubled love between a Lady of Nature and King Duhsanta. This beautiful blend of romance and comedy, transports its audience into an enchanted world in which mortals mingle with gods. And Kalidasa's poem Rtusamharam (The Gathering of the Seasons) is an exuberant observation of the sheer variety of the natural world, as it teems with the energies of the great god Siva.




Indian Poetics


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The History of Andhra Country, 1000 A.D.-1500 A.D.


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An encyclopedic study of a crucial period of Andhra history by a highly respected academician and a scholar of high repute. The first volume comprehensively deals with the political history of the subsidiary dynasties in Medieval Andhradesa, tracing their ancestries, fixing their genealogies and chronology.