Messenger Poems (Clay Sanskrit Library)

by Kalidasa, Dhoyī, Rupa Gosvamin, James Mallinson (Translator)

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Sanskrit Messenger poems evoke the pain of separated sweethearts through the formula of an estranged lover pleading with a messenger to take a message to his or her beloved. The plea includes a lyrical description of the route the messenger will take and the message itself. The first was the Cloud Messenger, composed by Sanskrit’s finest poet, Kali·dasa, in the fifth century CE. This inspired the next, the Wind Messenger, composed in praise of King Lákshmana·sena of Gauda (Bengal) in show more the twelfth century by Dhoyi, one of his court poets. Numerous more followed, including the third in the CSL selection, the sixteenth-century Swan Messenger, composed in Bengal by Rupa Go·svamin, a devotee of Krishna. Co-published by New York University Press and the JJC Foundation For more on this title and other titles in the Clay Sanskrit series, please visit http://www.claysanskritlibrary.org show less

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“Megha” quiere decir nube y “duta” mensajero. Kalidasa compuso su poema en sánscrito que es una importante lengua de la India. Gran cantidad de textos literarios, religiosos y filosóficos fueron escritos en este idioma. En el poema Meghaduta un hombre manda un mensaje a su amada con una nube al comienzo de la temporada de lluvias. El hombre describe todos los caminos que la nube debe seguir.

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