Best Stories From The Indian Classics
V.S. NARVANE
A selection of stories from the classics of Sanskrit fiction, through which Prof. Naravane offers us fascinating glimpses of life in ancient India.
Hardback | 140 x 216mm (5.5 x 8.5") | 208 pp
ISBN 8174363238
Rs.175.00
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This selection from the Panchantantra, Kadambari and Kathasaritsagar encompasses myth, legend, mystery and fantasy. Palace intrigues, power struggles, tragic schisms, resourceful stratagems are delineated with beauty and power in the Panchatantra; Kadambari is studded with uplifting imagery, brilliant descriptions and sensitive depictions of the female psyche and the urgency of passion. In the Kathasaritsagar, Parvati and Vibhishana, courtiers and merchants appear before our eyes in the different phases of love, anger, and human inventiveness.
About the author
Vishwanath S. Narvane was born in Allahabad. He did his Ph.D. from Allahabad University and was on its faculty for two decades. Later he went on lecture tours in many countries and was a visiting professor at several colleges and universities in the USA. Besides philosophy and religion, he taught courses in Indian history, art and literature.
He has published more than a dozen books including Modern Indian Thought, The Elephant and the Lotus (a collection of essays with a highly appreciative Foreword by Professor A.L. Basham) and monographs on Rabindranath Tagore, Anand Coomaraswamy, Munshi Premchand, Sarojini Naidu and Sarat Chandra Chatterji.
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