Author: Romila Thapar
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231156553
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
The figure of Sakuntala appears in many forms throughout South Asian literature, most famously in the Mahabharata and in Kalidisa's fourth-century Sanskrit play, Sakuntala and the Ring of Recollection. In these two texts, Sakuntala undergoes a critical transformation, relinquishing her assertiveness and autonomy to become the quintessentially submissive woman, revealing much about the performance of Hindu femininity that would come to dominate South Asian culture. Through a careful analysis of sections from Sakuntala and their various iterations in different contexts, Romila Thapar explores the interactions between literature and history, culture and gender, that frame the development of this canonical figure, as well as a distinct conception of female identity.
Sakuntala
Author: Romila Thapar
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231156553
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
The figure of Sakuntala appears in many forms throughout South Asian literature, most famously in the Mahabharata and in Kalidisa's fourth-century Sanskrit play, Sakuntala and the Ring of Recollection. In these two texts, Sakuntala undergoes a critical transformation, relinquishing her assertiveness and autonomy to become the quintessentially submissive woman, revealing much about the performance of Hindu femininity that would come to dominate South Asian culture. Through a careful analysis of sections from Sakuntala and their various iterations in different contexts, Romila Thapar explores the interactions between literature and history, culture and gender, that frame the development of this canonical figure, as well as a distinct conception of female identity.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231156553
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
The figure of Sakuntala appears in many forms throughout South Asian literature, most famously in the Mahabharata and in Kalidisa's fourth-century Sanskrit play, Sakuntala and the Ring of Recollection. In these two texts, Sakuntala undergoes a critical transformation, relinquishing her assertiveness and autonomy to become the quintessentially submissive woman, revealing much about the performance of Hindu femininity that would come to dominate South Asian culture. Through a careful analysis of sections from Sakuntala and their various iterations in different contexts, Romila Thapar explores the interactions between literature and history, culture and gender, that frame the development of this canonical figure, as well as a distinct conception of female identity.
Śakuntalā
Author: Kālidāsa
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Śakuntalā (Hindu mythology)
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Śakuntalā (Hindu mythology)
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Sakuntala, Or, The Fatal Ring
Author: Kālidāsa
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sanskrit literature
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sanskrit literature
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
The Recognition of Sakuntala
Author: Kalidasa
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 048643169X
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
Written by the greatest of the ancient Indian playwrights, this 5th-century work of Sanskrit drama offers a classic introduction to Indian theater and aesthetics. A king encounters a lovely maiden by chance, and the course of their passionate love sweeps the audience from a forest hermitage to a dazzling palace to ethereal celestial realms.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 048643169X
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
Written by the greatest of the ancient Indian playwrights, this 5th-century work of Sanskrit drama offers a classic introduction to Indian theater and aesthetics. A king encounters a lovely maiden by chance, and the course of their passionate love sweeps the audience from a forest hermitage to a dazzling palace to ethereal celestial realms.
Kalidasa's Sakuntala
Author: Richard Pischel
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368490567
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1922.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368490567
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1922.
ABHIJNANSAKUNTALAM (The Recognition of Sakuntala) Improvised Edition
Author: Pradeep Thakur
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1105428052
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
The legend of the exquisitely beautiful Shakuntala and the mighty king Dushyant is a thrilling love story from the epic Mahabharata, which the great ancient poet Kalidasa retold in his immortal play Abhijnanashakuntalam. The play was the first Indian drama to be translated into a Western language, by Sir William Jones in 1789. In the next 100 hundred years, there were at least 46 translations in twelve European languages. But translation by Arthur William Ryder (March 8, 1877 - March 21, 1938), a professor of Sanskrit at the University of California, Berkeley, is the best one, adapted in this book.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1105428052
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
The legend of the exquisitely beautiful Shakuntala and the mighty king Dushyant is a thrilling love story from the epic Mahabharata, which the great ancient poet Kalidasa retold in his immortal play Abhijnanashakuntalam. The play was the first Indian drama to be translated into a Western language, by Sir William Jones in 1789. In the next 100 hundred years, there were at least 46 translations in twelve European languages. But translation by Arthur William Ryder (March 8, 1877 - March 21, 1938), a professor of Sanskrit at the University of California, Berkeley, is the best one, adapted in this book.
Sakuntala
Author: Kālidāsa
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Sakuntala
Author: M. V. Rama Sarma
Publisher: Madras : M. Seshachalam ; Thompson, Connecticut : distributors in USA, Inter Culture Associates
ISBN:
Category : Śakuntalā
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
Publisher: Madras : M. Seshachalam ; Thompson, Connecticut : distributors in USA, Inter Culture Associates
ISBN:
Category : Śakuntalā
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
Program Notes
Author: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
Sakuntala
Author: Frederick Delius
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Songs (High voice) with orchestra
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Songs (High voice) with orchestra
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description