"The Murty Classical Library of India sifts through multiple languages and thousands of years to bring a nation's literary treasures to English-language readers." -Wall Street Journal
Romantic ghazals and devotional quatrains, medieval battles and separated lovers, Buddhist women on their journeys toward nirvana and Ram's battle against a demon army to rescue Sita-all this and more can be found in the Murty Classical Library of India's Ten Indian Classics.
Beginning in the sixth century B.C.E. and coming up to the eighteenth century, spanning the Indian subcontinent, the selections in this anthology include some of the oldest women's writing in the world, exquisite Sanskrit court poems, verses from the Sikh sacred tradition recited by millions around the world, the renowned chronicle of the Mughal emperor Akbar, and Tulsidas's retelling of the epic Ramayana that is cherished in north India to this day. Here, too, are the poems of Surdas, Mir Taqi Mir, and Bullhe Shah, which continue to inspire artists today and live on in contemporary music.
The anthology showcases original translations by leading experts from a vast array of India's literary traditions: Hindi, Kannada, Pali, Panjabi, Persian, Sanskrit, Telugu, and Urdu. With a foreword by the award-winning poet and translator Ranjit Hoskote, Ten Indian Classics is an invitation to readers worldwide to immerse themselves in a literary tradition that continues to shape modern South Asian culture and aesthetics in all its stunning diversity.
| ISBN: | 9780674297142 |
| Publication date: | 28th February 2025 |
| Author: | Ranjit Hoskote |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 272 pages |
| Series: | Murty Classical Library of India |
| Genres: |
Literature: history and criticism |
"The Murty Classical Library of India sifts through multiple languages and thousands of years to bring a nation's literary treasures to English-language readers." -Wall Street Journal
Romantic ghazals and devotional quatrains, medieval battles and separated lovers, Buddhist women on their journeys toward nirvana and Ram's battle against a demon army to rescue Sita-all this and more can be found in the Murty Classical Library of India's Ten Indian Classics.
Beginning in the sixth century B.C.E. and coming up to the eighteenth century, spanning the Indian subcontinent, the selections in this anthology include some of the oldest women's writing in the world, exquisite Sanskrit court poems, verses from the Sikh sacred tradition recited by millions around the world, the renowned chronicle of the Mughal emperor Akbar, and Tulsidas's retelling of the epic Ramayana that is cherished in north India to this day. Here, too, are the poems of Surdas, Mir Taqi Mir, and Bullhe Shah, which continue to inspire artists today and live on in contemporary music.
The anthology showcases original translations by leading experts from a vast array of India's literary traditions: Hindi, Kannada, Pali, Panjabi, Persian, Sanskrit, Telugu, and Urdu. With a foreword by the award-winning poet and translator Ranjit Hoskote, Ten Indian Classics is an invitation to readers worldwide to immerse themselves in a literary tradition that continues to shape modern South Asian culture and aesthetics in all its stunning diversity.
Ten Indian Classics features in the following genres: Literature: history and criticism
Ten Indian Classics is available in Hardback
Ten Indian Classics was written by Ranjit Hoskote and published by Harvard University Press
Ten Indian Classics has 272 pages
Yes it is part of Murty Classical Library of India series
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