A veritable feast of verses, made all the more special by the authors' refusal to kowtow to the strictures of academic expression and making the translations accessible, cheeky, and downright fun.
It's clear that the authors had fun with this book. This is apparent in how it translates to the reading as well. Many gems to choose from, but my absolute favourite is verse 133. The weaker sex. Something that could have been scholarly and -- dare I say it, dry (pun not intended) -- has acquiesced to the authors' penchant for stripping the verse down to its simplest, most elegant form, as a mini treatise on the Mars v/s Venus dynamic in Sanskrit verse.
An absolute delight of a book. Highly recommended for lovers of literature, wordplay, and poetry. And romance and romancing. And those who might need some... instruction in the game of love, shall we say :)
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This compendium is such a revelation…. of how the human themes of love, attraction, yearning, jealousy, heart break, familiarity etc are absolutely timeless. The authors have referred to innumerable Sanskrit and Prakrit, plays, manuscripts and poems to present this bouquet of 218 vignettes…… each one tells us a little about the milieu in which it was written, and the surprisingly risqué attitudes and doings of some of our ancestors. I thoroughly enjoyed reading the translations - although they do present the more modern equivalents of some of the messages in the verses, this only adds to their charm. One very minor quibble I have, is that it would have been nice to have the original verse in Sanskrit, and the English translation side-by-side. In its present form, if one needs to refer to the original, it involves a lot of turning of pages back and forth. But I understand this would mar the formatting of the page, with its footnotes and references. If you love Sanskrit plays, Ancient India and witty axioms, go out and buy this NOW! Would also make a brilliant gift, it’s truly one of a kind….
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A veritable feast of verses, made all the more special by the authors' refusal to kowtow to the strictures of academic expression and making the translations accessible, cheeky, and downright fun.
It's clear that the authors had fun with this book. This is apparent in how it translates to the reading as well. Many gems to choose from, but my absolute favourite is verse 133. The weaker sex. Something that could have been scholarly and -- dare I say it, dry (pun not intended) -- has acquiesced to the authors' penchant for stripping the verse down to its simplest, most elegant form, as a mini treatise on the Mars v/s Venus dynamic in Sanskrit verse.
An absolute delight of a book. Highly recommended for lovers of literature, wordplay, and poetry. And romance and romancing. And those who might need some... instruction in the game of love, shall we say :)
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This compendium is such a revelation…. of how the human themes of love, attraction, yearning, jealousy, heart break, familiarity etc are absolutely timeless.
The authors have referred to innumerable Sanskrit and Prakrit, plays, manuscripts and poems to present this bouquet of 218 vignettes…… each one tells us a little about the milieu in which it was written, and the surprisingly risqué attitudes and doings of some of our ancestors.
I thoroughly enjoyed reading the translations - although they do present the more modern equivalents of some of the messages in the verses, this only adds to their charm.
One very minor quibble I have, is that it would have been nice to have the original verse in Sanskrit, and the English translation side-by-side. In its present form, if one needs to refer to the original, it involves a lot of turning of pages back and forth. But I understand this would mar the formatting of the page, with its footnotes and references.
If you love Sanskrit plays, Ancient India and witty axioms, go out and buy this NOW!
Would also make a brilliant gift, it’s truly one of a kind….
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