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Messenger Poems (Hardcover, New Ed): Kalidasa, Dhoyi, Rupa Go-svamin

Messenger Poems (Hardcover, New Ed)

Kalidasa, Dhoyi, Rupa Go-svamin; Edited by James Mallinson

Series: Clay Sanskrit Library

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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 and the message itself. The first was the Cloud Messenger, composed by Sanskrit's finest poet, Kali-dasa, in the fifth century CE. This inspired the next, the Wind Messenger, composed in praise of King Lakshmana-sena of Gauda (Bengal) in the twelfth century by Dhoyi, one of his court poets. Numerous more followed, including the third in the CSL selection, the sixteenth-century Swan Messenger, composed in Bengal by Rupa Go-svamin, a devotee of Krishna.

Co-published by New York University Press and the JJC Foundation

For more on this title and other titles in the Clay Sanskrit series, please visit http: //www.claysanskritlibrary.org

General

Imprint: New York University Press
Country of origin: United States
Series: Clay Sanskrit Library
Release date: June 2006
First published: June 2006
Authors: Kalidasa • Dhoyi • Rupa Go-svamin
Editors: James Mallinson
Dimensions: 152 x 102 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 440
Edition: New Ed
ISBN-13: 978-0-8147-5714-7
Categories: Books
LSN: 0-8147-5714-6
Barcode: 9780814757147

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