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The Absent Traveller: Prakrit Love Poetry from the Gathasaptasati of Satavahana Hala

Arvind Krishna Mehrotra

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Description:Reputed to have been compiled by the Satavahana King Hala in the second century CE, this is a celebrated collection of 700 verses in Maharashtri Prakrit, composed in the compact, distilled gatha form. The anthology has attracted several learned commentaries and now, through Arvind Krishna Mehrotra's acclaimed translation of 207 verses from the anthology, readers of English at last have access to its poems. The speakers are mostly women and, whether young or old, married or single, they touch on the subject of sexuality with frankness, sensitivity and, every once in a while, humour, which never ceases to surprise.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Absent Traveller: Prakrit Love Poetry from the Gathasaptasati of Satavahana Hala. To get started finding The Absent Traveller: Prakrit Love Poetry from the Gathasaptasati of Satavahana Hala, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 120

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Penguin India

Release: 2008

ISBN: 0143100807

Description: Reputed to have been compiled by the Satavahana King Hala in the second century CE, this is a celebrated collection of 700 verses in Maharashtri Prakrit, composed in the compact, distilled gatha form. The anthology has attracted several learned commentaries and now, through Arvind Krishna Mehrotra's acclaimed translation of 207 verses from the anthology, readers of English at last have access to its poems. The speakers are mostly women and, whether young or old, married or single, they touch on the subject of sexuality with frankness, sensitivity and, every once in a while, humour, which never ceases to surprise.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Absent Traveller: Prakrit Love Poetry from the Gathasaptasati of Satavahana Hala. To get started finding The Absent Traveller: Prakrit Love Poetry from the Gathasaptasati of Satavahana Hala, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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