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The flight of love : a messenger poem of medieval South India by Veṅkaṭanātha / translated with commentary by Steven P. Hopkins.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vecnkaotanatha, 1268-1369, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Haomsasandeasa. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rāma (Hindu deity)--Poetry.
- Rāma (Hindu deity).
- Sītā (Hindu deity)--Poetry.
- Sītā (Hindu deity).
- Rāma.
- Sita (Hindu deity)--Poetry.
- Sita.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (305 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York : Oxford University Press, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Steven P. Hopkins provides a translation--with introduction, textual notes, and thematic commentary--of the Hamsasandesa, a ""messenger poem"" by saint-poet and philosopher Vedantedesika (c.1268-1369). Equally the work of a scholar and a poet, this book analyzes the Sanskrit sandesa within the wider comparative context of South Indian and Sri Lankan literatures.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note:
- Preface
- Pronunciation of Sanskrit and Tamil Words
- Chapter 1. Introduction. Lovers, Messengers and Beloved Landscapes
- Chapter 2. The Flight of Love. The Hamsasandesa
- Chapter 3. "To See What the Heart Hears:" The Magic Lantern of Venkatesa
- Epilogue: The Rain Messenger and the Wild Goose
- Glossary of Names and Terms
- Bibliography
- Notes
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-061359-9
- 0-19-049519-7
- OCLC:
- 953922191
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