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  • Shakuntala

    Kalidasa probably lived in the fifth century of the Christian era. This date, approximate as it is, must yet be given with considerable hesitation, and is by no means certain. No truly biographical data are preserved about the author, who nevertheless enjoyed a great popularity during his life, and whom the Hindus have ever regarded as the greatest of Sanskrit poets. We are thus confronted with ... Read more

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  • Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works

    Timeless Tales of Love and Redemption in Indian Poetry

    by Kalidasa ...
    Translated by Arthur W. Ryder ...
    Kalidasa's 'Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works' unearths the rich tapestry of ancient Indian literature, offering a nuanced rendition of the classical play 'Shakuntala.' Known for its lyrical beauty and emotional depth, the work illustrates the themes of love, separation, and destiny through the poignant story of Shakuntala and King Dushyanta. Kalidasa'Äôs exquisite command of poetic ... Read more

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  • Shakuntala - The Great Indian Classic

    by Kalidasa ...
    The most translated play in the history of Sanskrit literature, Shakuntala is a story that transcends time and proves that come what may, love triumphs. The beautiful Shakuntala is basking in wedded bliss. Fate has been kind to her. She has had the good fortune to meet, fall in love, and marry Dushyanta, the king of Hastinapur. Once her father arrives, she would ask for his blessings and venture ... Read more

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  • The Recognition of Sakuntala

    A Play In Seven Acts

    by Kalidasa ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    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 ... Read more

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  • The Loom of Time

    by Kalidasa ...
    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 ... Read more

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  • Sakoontala

    by Kalidasa ...
    Sakoontala; Or, The lost ring: An Indian drama is a poetic stage work built on love, memory, separation, and ultimate recognition shaped by fate and moral order. The drama centers on a forest encounter between a ruler and a sheltered young woman whose union begins in secrecy and emotional intensity. A supernatural interruption breaks the bond by clouding memory and delaying acknowledgment, turning ... Read more

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  • Sakoontala; Or The Lost Ring An Indian Drama

    by Kalidasa ...
    The plot follows Shakuntala, the daughter of a sage and a nymph, who is raised in the forest by her foster father. She meets King Dushyanta, who is hunting in the forest, and the two fall deeply in love. They secretly marry, and Dushyanta gives Shakuntala a ring as a token of their union. However, due to a curse, the king forgets about Shakuntala and their marriage when he returns to his kingdom. ... Read more

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  • Shakuntala

    by Kalidasa ...
    Kalidasa probably lived in the fifth century of the Christian era. This date, approximate as it is, must yet be given with considerable hesitation, and is by no means certain. No truly biographical data are preserved about the author, who nevertheless enjoyed a great popularity during his life, and whom the Hindus have ever regarded as the greatest of Sanskrit poets. We are thus confronted with ... Read more

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  • The Everlasting Masterpieces of World Literature in One Edition (Annotated)

    Enriched Edition. Romeo and Juliet, Notre Dame, Anna Karenina, Great Expectations, Jane Eyre, Tao Te Ching, Odyssey…

    by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Stendhal, Jules Verne, Gustave Flaubert, Lewis Carroll, Henrik Ibsen, Charles Dickens, Plato, Honoré de Balzac, Mark Twain, Harriet Beecher Stowe0, Rabindranath Tagore1, Fyodor Dostoyevsky2, Walt Whitman3, Niccolò Machiavelli4, Oscar Wilde5, Robert Louis Stevenson6, James Fenimore Cooper7, Edgar Allan Poe8, William Shakespeare9, Giovanni Boccaccio0, Confucius1, George MacDonald2, Bram Stoker3, Charlotte Brontë4, Emily Brontë5, Henry David Thoreau6, Jack London7, Henry James8, Louisa May Alcott9, Victor Hugo0, Arthur Conan Doyle1, Frances Hodgson Burnett2, Joseph Conrad3, Jane Austen4, Herman Melville5, George Eliot6, Laurence Sterne7, Thomas Hardy8, Jonathan Swift9, Edith Wharton0, Benito Pérez Galdós1, Daniel Defoe2, Henry Fielding3, Alexandre Dumas4, Kalidasa5, Kenneth Grahame6, Marcel Proust7, Willa Cather8, Nathaniel Hawthorne9, Homer0, Gaston Leroux1, Charles Baudelaire2, Wilkie Collins3, William Makepeace Thackeray4, Voltaire5, Kate Chopin6, Apuleius7, John Milton8, Frederick Douglass9, Laozi0, John Keats1, James Joyce2, Ann Ward Radcliffe3, Kahlil Gibran4, Kakuzo Okakura5, Soseki Natsume6, Princess Der Ling7, H. G. Wells8, W. B. Yeats9, J. M. Barrie0, G. K. Chesterton1, T. S. Eliot2, L. M. Montgomery3, C. S. Lewis4, D. H. Lawrence5, E. M. Forster6, H. P. Lovecraft7, Marcus Aurelius8, Friedrich Nietzsche9, Lewis Wallace0, Ivan Turgenev1, Anton Chekhov2, Leo Tolstoy3, Nikolai Gogol4, Sir Walter Scott5, George Bernard Shaw6, Miguel de Cervantes7, Mary Shelley8, Cao Xueqin9, Emile Zola0, Válmíki1, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee2, P. B. Shelley3, Elizabeth von Arnim4, Herman Hesse5, Dante6, Pedro Calderon de la Barca7, Sun Tzu8, Inazo Nitobé9, George Weedon Grossmith00, Miles Kelmere03 ...
    The Everlasting Masterpieces of World Literature in One Edition gathers epic, drama, novel, tale, lyric, philosophy, and political reflection into a sweeping archive of the literary imagination. From ancient wisdom and classical myth to Gothic terror, realism, romance, satire, modernist experiment, and speculative fiction, the volume traces enduring questions of freedom, desire, conscience, power, ... Read more

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  • The Birth of the War-God: A Poem by Kálidása

    by Kalidasa ...
    Of the history of Kálidása, to whom by general assent the Kumára Sambhava, or Birth of the War-God, is attributed, we know but little with any certainty; we can only gather from a memorial-verse which enumerates their names, that he was one of the 'Nine Precious Stones' that shone at the Court ofVikramáditya, King of Oujein, in the half century immediately preceding the Christian era. As the ... Read more

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  • The Ultimate Book Club: 180 Books You Should Read (Vol.2)

    Enriched edition. Life is a Dream, The Awakening, Babbitt, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Sense and Sensibility

    The Ultimate Book Club: 180 Books You Should Read (Vol.2) is a vibrant tapestry of global literary mastery, weaving together an awe-inspiring array of styles and narratives. Spanning centuries and continents, this collection presents timeless tales of human experience'—as varied in theme as they are in form. From the psychological subtleties of Dostoyevsky to the surreal adventures of Verne, and ... Read more

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  • Hindu literature : Comprising The Book of good counsels, Nala and Damayanti, The Ramayana, and Sakoontala

    Embark on a Spiritual Journey with Hindu LiteratureStep into the sacred realm of Hindu literature, where ancient wisdom, timeless tales, and profound insights into the human condition await. 'Hindu Literature' is a rich tapestry of spiritual texts and literary masterpieces that span centuries, offering readers a glimpse into the heart of Hindu culture and philosophy.Discover the Essence of Hindu ... Read more

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