Download or read book Hasyarnava written by Jagadīśvara Bhaṭṭācārya and published by Calcutta : Writers Workshop. This book was released on 1976 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book History of Indian Theatre Classical theatre written by Manohar Laxman Varadpande and published by Abhinav Publications. This book was released on 1987 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Laughing Matters written by Lee Siegel and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1987-12-09 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "How can anyone laugh who knows of old age, disease, and death?"—Buddhacarita This question, so solemnly posed by the young Buddha, first led Lee Siegel to examine the hitherto unexplored realm of Indian comedy. Laughing Matters is Siegel's account of two intersecting journeys: a search for comic traditions created and preserved in Sanskrit literature and a journey through modern India in quest of a laughter that persists across time and culture. Hearing a boisterous and bawdy voice from India's past, Siegel has provided original and highly entertaining translations of Sanskrit literature that reveal a sparkling sensibility embedded in the texts. These translations are integrated with a detailed analysis of the types and structures of India's mirth. Siegel develops an original theory of comedy and laughter, applying it to reveal the humor in the ancient works. Defining sacred and profane comedy and the "taste" and "erotics" of laughter, he delineates two main Indian categories of comedy—laughter at others and laughter at oneself—which are roughly parallel to the Western traditions of satire and humor. He examines these categories in all of their forms and functions: satires of manners, social satire, and religious satire; and human and divine comedy. Siegel concludes by presenting his perceptions of humor in modern India as seen through cartoons, movies, books, and social gatherings. Laughing Matters is both a serious and a hilarious study of the Indian comic sense of life—a vision formed in the convergence of the bitter insight of satire and the sweet outlook of humor. Past and present, the contextual and the universal, scholarship and the picaresque, are all interwoven in this original treatise on the aesthetics of comedy and the psychology of laughter.

Download or read book Tales from the Hindu Dramatists written by R. N. Dutta and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Petrichor written by Sumita Misra and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 2021-01-01 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume consists English translations of various remarkable Sanskrit plays such as Sakuntala, Vikramorvasi, Malavikagnimitra, Yayaticharitra, etc.

Download or read book The Ocean of Mirth written by Jyotirmaya Sharma and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2019-08-29 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ocean of Mirth brings together an English translation and an analytical interpretation of a singularly crucial, but obscure, Sanskrit medieval text, the Hāsyārṇava-Prahasanaṁ of Jagadēśvara Bhaṭṭāchārya. As a political satire, the volume finds significant resonances among contemporary questions of politics and society across the world, and examines the tension inherent in the clash of ideas such as freedom and order. In an unabashed celebration of disorder as the only way to fight violence, tyranny and autocratic impulses, Hāsyārṇava suggests no return to a Golden Age or to the rule of an iconic king; nor is there a promise of a saviour—a political farce that ends without any denouement in sight. One of the first authentic English translations of a neglected Sanskrit text from medieval India, this translation throws up interesting questions regarding values such as freedom, violence, order, chaos and disorder. This volume will be a major intervention in the discovery of a significant non-canonical text of classical literature and will be indispensable for students, scholars and researchers of politics, philosophy, sociology, Indian literatures, Indology, comparative literature and culture studies.

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Download or read book Love in Ancient India written by M.L. Varadpande and published by SCB Distributors. This book was released on 2011-02-02 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book chronicles the story of love which is considered an Indian creation. The first love story of the world was found in the Rig Veda and the first comprehensive work on love was written in India with Kamasutra becoming one of its offshoots. Love techniques were perfected over centuries and sculpted on the walls of temples of Khajuraho and Konarak. Since ancient times, rishis in India have believed that it was love which came first and then followed the world. The origin and evolution of love in India is traced by the author in an elaborate manner, providing invaluable insights which make this book a rare treasury in itself. The book draws from concrete sources including cave paintings, ancient archaeological findings and a mass of literature belonging to the Vedic and Buddhist eras to give a complete portrayal of love. Through love lyrics, humorous plays and erotic descriptions, Love in Ancient India takes you through a timeless saga of royalty and grandeur, beauty and infidelity, all of which are interspersed with the concept of the world’s most bewitching expression - love.

Download or read book Second Report on the State of Education in Bengal District of Rajshahi written by William Adam and published by . This book was released on 1836 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book An Historical Sketch of Sanscrit Literature written by Friedrich von Adelung and published by . This book was released on 1832 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Anthology of Humorous Sanskrit Verses written by A.N.D. Haksar and published by Penguin Random House India Private Limited. This book was released on 2022-05-16 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent times, whenever ancient Sanskrit works are discussed or translated into English, the focus is usually on the lofty, religious and dramatic works. Due to the interest created by Western audiences, the Kama Sutra and love poetry has also been in the limelight. But, even though the Hasya Rasa or the humorous sentiment has always been an integral part of our ancient Sanskrit literature, it is little known today. Anthology of Humorous Sanskrit Verses is a collection of about 200 verse translations drawn from various Sanskrit works or anthologies compiled more than 500 years ago. Several such anthologies are well-known although none of them focus exclusively on humor. A.N.D. Haksar's translation of these verses is full of wit, earthy humor and cynical satire, and an excellent addition of the canon of Sanskrit literature.

Download or read book Catalogue of Books in the Calcutta University Library written by University of Calcutta. Library and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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