Śakuntalā: A Sanskrit Drama, in Seven Acts. The Deva-Nāgari Recension of the Text, Ed. with Literal English Translations of All the Metrical Passages, Schemes of the Metres and Notes, Critical and ExplanatoryClarendon Press, 1876 - 339 pages |
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... Hindū drama every piece commences with a prologue , which is preceded by the Nandi or opening benediction , invoking the favour of some deity . It is called Nandi because it rejoices the hearts of the gods ; nandanty asyām surā yasmāt ...
... Hindū drama every piece commences with a prologue , which is preceded by the Nandi or opening benediction , invoking the favour of some deity . It is called Nandi because it rejoices the hearts of the gods ; nandanty asyām surā yasmāt ...
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... Hindū theatre , a curtain [ apațī , pața , yavanika ] suspended across the stage , answered the purposes of scenes . Behind it there was the space called nepathya , where the decorations were kept , and where the actors attired ...
... Hindū theatre , a curtain [ apațī , pața , yavanika ] suspended across the stage , answered the purposes of scenes . Behind it there was the space called nepathya , where the decorations were kept , and where the actors attired ...
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... Hindū mythology were the Solar and the Lunar . The Solar begins with Ikshvāku the son of Vaivasvata , the son of Vivasvat , or the Sun , and is carried on through Kakutstha , Dilipa , Raghu , Aja , and Dasaratha , to his son , the great ...
... Hindū mythology were the Solar and the Lunar . The Solar begins with Ikshvāku the son of Vaivasvata , the son of Vivasvat , or the Sun , and is carried on through Kakutstha , Dilipa , Raghu , Aja , and Dasaratha , to his son , the great ...
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... Hindū poets as the rose with the Persian . It is often figuratively used to express beauty , as ' lotus - face ' or ' the lotus of the face , ' ' lotus - hands , ' ' lotus - feet ' ( Gita - g passim ) . It is also used by women as an ...
... Hindū poets as the rose with the Persian . It is often figuratively used to express beauty , as ' lotus - face ' or ' the lotus of the face , ' ' lotus - hands , ' ' lotus - feet ' ( Gita - g passim ) . It is also used by women as an ...
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... Hindū paradise . The tree is very ornamental in pleasure - grounds . The caus . of sam - bhū often means ' to honour , or pay one's respects to another in person . ' Motion towards the object seems usually , though not always , implied ...
... Hindū paradise . The tree is very ornamental in pleasure - grounds . The caus . of sam - bhū often means ' to honour , or pay one's respects to another in person . ' Motion towards the object seems usually , though not always , implied ...
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SAKUNTALA A SANSKRIT DRAMA IN Kalidasa,Monier Sir Monier-Williams, 1819-1899 No preview available - 2016 |
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