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 Sanskrités finest poet, Kaliëdasa, in the fifth century CE. This inspired the next, the Wind Messenger, composed in praise of King L?kshmana?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.
Bound, cloth with original dustjacket, 293pp., 11.5x17cm., in very good condition (dustjacket with slight traces of use). Bilingual edition (Sanskrit-Eng.). ISBN: 9780814757147. "Clay Sanskrit Library".
5x17cm
293 pp.
New York University Press JJC Foundation 2006 New York
