Author: Christine Devin
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781788944304
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
All who love India, we would like to imagine, will be charmed by the idea that the origin of this country's name lies in this story of Shakuntala, that is so suffused with magical light.
The Ring of Truth and Other Myths of Sex and Jewelry
Author: Wendy Doniger
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190267119
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 425
Book Description
In The Ring of Truth, Wendy Doniger expertly unfolds the cultural and historical significance of rings and other kinds of circular jewelry through timeless stories taken from mythology, religious traditions, and literature. Each chapter, like a separate charm on a charm bracelet, considers a different constellation of stories, linked by a common cluster of meanings: the mutual imitation of real and fake, legal and illegal, marital and extra-marital jewelry; the circular form of rings and bracelets, miming the circle of eternity, which persists in the face of human ephemera
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190267119
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 425
Book Description
In The Ring of Truth, Wendy Doniger expertly unfolds the cultural and historical significance of rings and other kinds of circular jewelry through timeless stories taken from mythology, religious traditions, and literature. Each chapter, like a separate charm on a charm bracelet, considers a different constellation of stories, linked by a common cluster of meanings: the mutual imitation of real and fake, legal and illegal, marital and extra-marital jewelry; the circular form of rings and bracelets, miming the circle of eternity, which persists in the face of human ephemera
Shakuntala Or The Ring of Remembrance
Author: Christine Devin
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781788944304
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
All who love India, we would like to imagine, will be charmed by the idea that the origin of this country's name lies in this story of Shakuntala, that is so suffused with magical light.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781788944304
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
All who love India, we would like to imagine, will be charmed by the idea that the origin of this country's name lies in this story of Shakuntala, that is so suffused with magical light.
The Recognition of Shakntala
Author: Kālidāsa
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814788157
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 419
Book Description
A well-known Sanskrit drama presented here in a bilingual translation.
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814788157
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 419
Book Description
A well-known Sanskrit drama presented here in a bilingual translation.
Shakuntala, Or, The Recovered Ring
Author: Kālidāsa
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Śakoontalá
Author: Kālidāsa
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indic drama (English)
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indic drama (English)
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
The Legend of Shara
Author: Srinivas Bharadwaj
Publisher: Notion Press
ISBN: 1648506186
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
The Legend of Shara records the story of a deity from the third millennium BC. It explains how multiple religions, like Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, came to absorb a story well-understood by many followers of Hinduism. We explore the Hindu origins of the early Torah and its deep Puranic roots along with the historical backdrop that produced the Patriarchs, the stories of David, and finally, Exodus. How closely are these stories tied to Puranic equivalents, and why do they follow the same structure and function that we see in Hindu MahaPuranas like the Matsya Purana? From its origins in the Rig Veda, we trace the flow of the legend of Shara along with the rest of its Puranic backdrop into the Hurrian lands. From here, we explore the journey into Judah and its return with the rise of Judaism in the Middle East.
Publisher: Notion Press
ISBN: 1648506186
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
The Legend of Shara records the story of a deity from the third millennium BC. It explains how multiple religions, like Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, came to absorb a story well-understood by many followers of Hinduism. We explore the Hindu origins of the early Torah and its deep Puranic roots along with the historical backdrop that produced the Patriarchs, the stories of David, and finally, Exodus. How closely are these stories tied to Puranic equivalents, and why do they follow the same structure and function that we see in Hindu MahaPuranas like the Matsya Purana? From its origins in the Rig Veda, we trace the flow of the legend of Shara along with the rest of its Puranic backdrop into the Hurrian lands. From here, we explore the journey into Judah and its return with the rise of Judaism in the Middle East.
Women of India
Author: Arun R. Kumbhare
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 144015600X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
A systematic presentation of the status of women of India throughout the long history of about 6000 years has been presented starting from the Vedic times to the post-independence period. A detailed description of the status of women during the Vedic times, which is rarely available in any of the existing literature, and in the following periods is very significant to the study of this subject. The author has discussed how the political and religious conditions over the periods have affected the conditions of women. The age-old evils, which had got firmly entrenched in the Indian society, such as the tradition of Sati, illiteracy, child marriages, and deplorable treatment of widows and so on, still persist and some new ones have joined the list. These are: bride burning, dowry, female feticide, domestic violence, to name a few. Short biographies of some outstanding women have been included to illustrate that in spite of adversities some women had achieved eminence. To the credit of the Indian Government, legislative measures have been taken to protect and improve the status of women after independence and just prior to it. These have been outlined. Unfortunately, these measures have not been able to achieve their intended results on account of wide spread corruption and lack of education and awareness among women, especially in the rural areas. A snapshot of the present conditions is given along with concluding remarks and recommendations for improvement. Improvement of the status of women is extremely improvement for India if it wishes to become a developed and progressive country and a world leader in culture and ideology.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 144015600X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
A systematic presentation of the status of women of India throughout the long history of about 6000 years has been presented starting from the Vedic times to the post-independence period. A detailed description of the status of women during the Vedic times, which is rarely available in any of the existing literature, and in the following periods is very significant to the study of this subject. The author has discussed how the political and religious conditions over the periods have affected the conditions of women. The age-old evils, which had got firmly entrenched in the Indian society, such as the tradition of Sati, illiteracy, child marriages, and deplorable treatment of widows and so on, still persist and some new ones have joined the list. These are: bride burning, dowry, female feticide, domestic violence, to name a few. Short biographies of some outstanding women have been included to illustrate that in spite of adversities some women had achieved eminence. To the credit of the Indian Government, legislative measures have been taken to protect and improve the status of women after independence and just prior to it. These have been outlined. Unfortunately, these measures have not been able to achieve their intended results on account of wide spread corruption and lack of education and awareness among women, especially in the rural areas. A snapshot of the present conditions is given along with concluding remarks and recommendations for improvement. Improvement of the status of women is extremely improvement for India if it wishes to become a developed and progressive country and a world leader in culture and ideology.
Classical Literature & History of English Literature For B.A. (Sem.-5) According to NEP-2020
Author: R. Bansal
Publisher: SBPD Publishing House
ISBN:
Category : Study Aids
Languages : en
Pages : 171
Book Description
Contents: 1. Important Concepts In English Literature 2. The Republic (By Plato) 3. Iliad (By Homer) 4. Oedipus Rex (By Sophocles) 5. Shakuntala (By Kalidasa) 6. Chaucer To Renaissance (14th To 16th Century) 7. Neoclassicism And Growth Of Romantic Literature (17th And 18th Century) 8. Flourishing Victorian Era (Romantic Age And 19th Century) 9. Modernist Experimentation (20th Century). Additional Information: The author of this book is R. Bansal.
Publisher: SBPD Publishing House
ISBN:
Category : Study Aids
Languages : en
Pages : 171
Book Description
Contents: 1. Important Concepts In English Literature 2. The Republic (By Plato) 3. Iliad (By Homer) 4. Oedipus Rex (By Sophocles) 5. Shakuntala (By Kalidasa) 6. Chaucer To Renaissance (14th To 16th Century) 7. Neoclassicism And Growth Of Romantic Literature (17th And 18th Century) 8. Flourishing Victorian Era (Romantic Age And 19th Century) 9. Modernist Experimentation (20th Century). Additional Information: The author of this book is R. Bansal.
Widows, Pariahs, and Bayadères
Author: Binita Mehta
Publisher: Bucknell University Press
ISBN: 9780838754559
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
This book analyzes how French dramatists reproduced certain images of India such as the burning widow, the lowly pariah or untouchable, and the exotic 'bayadere' or dancing girl in four plays and one ballet written from the eighteenth century through the twentieth centuries. Addressing questions of Orientalism, the book also argues that it was because the French lost their Indian colonies to the Briish in the eighteenth centuries that India became a part of the French literary imagination.
Publisher: Bucknell University Press
ISBN: 9780838754559
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
This book analyzes how French dramatists reproduced certain images of India such as the burning widow, the lowly pariah or untouchable, and the exotic 'bayadere' or dancing girl in four plays and one ballet written from the eighteenth century through the twentieth centuries. Addressing questions of Orientalism, the book also argues that it was because the French lost their Indian colonies to the Briish in the eighteenth centuries that India became a part of the French literary imagination.
Fault Lines
Author: Meena Alexander
Publisher: Feminist Press at CUNY
ISBN: 1558612823
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
In this evocative memoir, an acclaimed Indian poet explores writing, memory, and place in a post-9/11 world. Passionate, fierce, and lyrical, Fault Lines follows one woman’s evolution as a writer at home—and in exile—across continents and cultures. Meena Alexander was born into a privileged childhood in India and grew into a turbulent adolescence in the Sudan, before moving to England and then New York City. With poetic insight and devastating honesty, Alexander explores how trauma and recovery shaped the entire landscape of her memory: of her family, her writing process, and her very self. This new edition, published on the two-year anniversary of Alexander's passing in 2018, will feature a commemorative afterword celebrating her legacy. "Alexander's writing is imbued with a poetic grace shot through with an inner violence, like a shimmering piece of two-toned silk." —Ms. Magazine "Evocative and moving." —Publishers Weekly “One of the most important literary voices in South Asian American writing and American letters broadly writ, Meena Alexander’s close examination of exile and migration lays bare the heart of a poet.” —Rajiv Mohabir, author of The Cowherd’s Son
Publisher: Feminist Press at CUNY
ISBN: 1558612823
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
In this evocative memoir, an acclaimed Indian poet explores writing, memory, and place in a post-9/11 world. Passionate, fierce, and lyrical, Fault Lines follows one woman’s evolution as a writer at home—and in exile—across continents and cultures. Meena Alexander was born into a privileged childhood in India and grew into a turbulent adolescence in the Sudan, before moving to England and then New York City. With poetic insight and devastating honesty, Alexander explores how trauma and recovery shaped the entire landscape of her memory: of her family, her writing process, and her very self. This new edition, published on the two-year anniversary of Alexander's passing in 2018, will feature a commemorative afterword celebrating her legacy. "Alexander's writing is imbued with a poetic grace shot through with an inner violence, like a shimmering piece of two-toned silk." —Ms. Magazine "Evocative and moving." —Publishers Weekly “One of the most important literary voices in South Asian American writing and American letters broadly writ, Meena Alexander’s close examination of exile and migration lays bare the heart of a poet.” —Rajiv Mohabir, author of The Cowherd’s Son