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Poems on Life and Love in Ancient India: Hala's Sattasai.
・ISBN 978-0-7914-9391-5 hard US$ 104.00
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| シリーズ | (Excelsior Editions) |
|---|---|
| 出版社 | (State University of New York Press, US) |
| 出版年月 | 2009 |
| ページ数 | 220 pp. |
| 言語 | ENG |
| ニュース番号 | ＜A04-16933＞ |
解説
The oldest surviving anthology of lyric poems from India, the Sattasai presents the many aspects of love and provides a realistic counterpart to the Kamasutra.
An elegant translation of the Sattasai (or Seven Hundred), India's earliest collection of lyric poetry, Poems on Life and Love in Ancient India deals with love in its many aspects. Mostly narrated by women, the poems reveal the world of local Indian village life sometime between the third and fifth centuries. The Sattasai offers a more realistic counterpart to that notorious theoretical treatise on love the Kamasutra, which presents a cosmopolitan and calculating milieu. Translators Peter Khoroche and Herman Tieken introduce the main features of the work in its own language and time. For modern readers, these short, self-contained poems are a treat: the sentiments they depict remain affecting and contemporary while providing a window into a world long past.