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Erotic Love Poems from India: 101 Classics on Desire and Passion

Erotic Love Poems from India: 101 Classics on Desire and Passion

Translated by Andrew Schelling

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Shambhala Publications

Pages: 136
Size: 5 in x 7 in
ISBN: 9781611807110

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“A single stanza of the poet Amaru,” declared a ninth-century poetry critic, “may provide the taste of love equal to what's found in whole volumes.” Graceful and yet remarkably playful, intensely passionate, and at times hinting of divine transcendence, the poems translated here offer poignant glimpses into the many faces of erotic love. This collection, known in Sanskrit as the Amarushataka (“One Hundred Poems of Amaru”), was compiled in the eighth century and remains to this day one of India's finest collections of love poetry. Legend connects the poetry's authorship to King Amaru of Kashmir, while present-day scholars generally consider it an anthology of the verses of many poets.
Andrew Schelling

Andrew Schelling, Translator

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Andrew Schelling is a poet and translator. Author of twenty-odd books, his poetry is founded on studies in ecology, linguistics, and folklore, and includes A Possible Bag. Recent translations include Some Unquenchable Desire: Sanskrit Poems of the Buddhist Hermit Bhartrihari and Erotic Love Poems from India. Schelling lives in the Southern Rocky Mountain Eco-Zone; he teaches poetry and Sanskrit at Naropa University.

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Erotic Love Poems from India: 101 Classics on Desire and Passion

Erotic Love Poems from India: 101 Classics on Desire and Passion

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