The Recognition Of Sakuntala

Author : Kali dasa
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 0814788157
Total Pages : 419 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Recognition of Shakœntala written by Kali dasa and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2006-11 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The play Shakuntala was one of the first examples of Indian literature to be read in translation in Europe. Shakuntala's story is a leitmotiv that recurs in many works of Indian literature and culminates in the master Kali-dasa's drama for the stage. The virtuous heroine is forgotten by her betrothed, the king Dushyanta, only to be refound thanks to a distinguishing signet ring discovered by a fisherman in the belly of one of his catch. The final act distills the essence of human forgiveness, in Shakuntala's gracious release of her husband from his guilt.

Author : Kālidāsa
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Śakoontalá written by Kālidāsa and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Romila Thapar
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231156553
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sakuntala written by Romila Thapar and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The figure of Sakuntala appears in many forms throughout South Asian literature, most famously in the Mahabharata and in Kalidisa's fourth-century Sanskrit play, Sakuntala and the Ring of Recollection. In these two texts, Sakuntala undergoes a critical transformation, relinquishing her assertiveness and autonomy to become the quintessentially submissive woman, revealing much about the performance of Hindu femininity that would come to dominate South Asian culture. Through a careful analysis of sections from Sakuntala and their various iterations in different contexts, Romila Thapar explores the interactions between literature and history, culture and gender, that frame the development of this canonical figure, as well as a distinct conception of female identity.

Author : Kālidāsa
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kalidasa Translations of Shakuntala, and Other Works written by Kālidāsa and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Kalidasa
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141908025
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Loom of Time written by Kalidasa and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2006-08-31 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Kalidasa
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 019160609X
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Recognition of Sakuntala written by Kalidasa and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2001-07-19 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: KING Yes. I shall release you - SAKUNTALA When? KING When? When, like a bee, I kiss the bud of your unbruised lip And flood my thirsting mouth with nectar. Kalidasa's play about the love of King Dusyanta and Sakuntala, a hermitage girl, their separation by a curse, and eventual reunion, is the supreme work of Sanskrit drama by its greatest poet and playwright (c.4th century CE). Overwhelmingly erotic in tone, in peformance The Recognition of Sakuntala aimed to produce an experience of aesthetic rapture in the audience, akin to certain types of mystical experience. The pioneering English translation of Sakuntala in 1789 caused a sensation among European composers and writers (including Goethe), and it continues to be performed around the world. This vibrant new verse translation includes the famous version of the story from the Mahabharata, a poetic and dramatic text in its own right and a likely source for Kalidasa. The introduction discusses the play in the aesthetic and cultural context of ancient India. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Author : Kalidasa
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486153851
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Recognition of Sakuntala written by Kalidasa and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-07-25 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classic introduction to Indian theater and aesthetics, this 5th-century tale of a king and a maiden who meet by chance and are separated by a curse was derived from the Mahabharata.

Author : Kālidāsa
Publisher : Penguin Books
ISBN 13 : 9780670087464
Total Pages : 347 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Abhijnanashakuntalam written by Kālidāsa and published by Penguin Books. This book was released on 2016 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Translated from the Sanskrit and Prakrit.

Author : Kali dasa
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 0814757146
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ha_sad_ta written by Kali dasa and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2006-06 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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, as well as the message itself. In the fifth century C.E., Sanskrit's finest poet, Kali dasa, composed "The Cloud Messenger." The beautiful and pure expression of an exiled lover's longing is among the best known and most treasured of all Sanskrit poems. In the twelfth century, Dhoyi imitated Kali dasa's masterpiece in "The Wind Messenger." Dhoyi's sentiments of love are blended with praise of the poet's royal patron King Lakshmana sena of Gauda (Bengal). Numerous more followed, including the third in the CSL selection, the sixteenth-century "Swan Messenger," composed also in Bengal by Rupa Go svamin, a devotee of Krishna. Here romantic and religious love combine in a poem that shines with the intensity of love for the god Krishna.

Author : Kalidasa
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 9352140540
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Abhijñ?nash?kuntalam written by Kalidasa and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2016-06-21 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kalidasa’s most famous play refashions an episode from the Mahabharata, magnificently dramatizing the love story of Shakuntala, a girl of semi-divine origin, and Dushyanta, a noble human king. After their brief and passionate but secret union at her father’s forest ashram, Dushyanta must return to his capital. He gives Shakuntala his signet ring, promising to make her his queen when she joins him later. But, placed unawares under a curse, he forgets her—and she loses the ring that would have enabled him to recognize her. Will the lovers be reunited? The world’s first full-length play centred on a comprehensive love story, The Recognition of Shakuntala is an undisputed classic of the ancient period. Vinay Dharwadker’s sparkling new translation is the definitive poetic rendering of this romantic-heroic comedy for the twenty-first century stage. His absorbing commentary and notes give contemporary readers an unparalleled opportunity to savour the riches of a timeless text.