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Author : Ahamad Hussain
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Erotic Sentiments in Indian Literature written by Ahamad Hussain and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Amaresh Datta
Publisher : Sahitya Akademi
ISBN 13 : 9788126011940
Total Pages : 936 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (119 download)
Download or read book Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature written by Amaresh Datta and published by Sahitya Akademi. This book was released on 1988 with total page 936 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Major Activity Of The Sahitya Akademi Is The Preparation Of An Encyclopaedia Of Indian Literature. The Venture, Covering Twenty-Two Languages Of India, Is The First Of Its Kind. Written In English, The Encyclopaedia Gives A Comprehensive Idea Of The Growth And Development Of Indian Literature. The Entries On Authors, Books And General Topics Have Been Tabulated By The Concerned Advisory Boards And Finalised By A Steering Committee. Hundreds Of Writers All Over The Country Contributed Articles On Various Topics. The Encyclopaedia, Planned As A Six-Volume Project, Has Been Brought Out. The Sahitya Akademi Embarked Upon This Project In Right Earnest In 1984. The Efforts Of The Highly Skilled And Professional Editorial Staff Started Showing Results And The First Volume Was Brought Out In 1987. The Second Volume Was Brought Out In 1988, The Third In 1989, The Fourth In 1991, The Fifth In 1992, And The Sixth Volume In 1994. All The Six Volumes Together Include Approximately 7500 Entries On Various Topics, Literary Trends And Movements, Eminent Authors And Significant Works. The First Three Volume Were Edited By Prof. Amaresh Datta, Fourth And Fifth Volume By Mohan Lal And Sixth Volume By Shri K.C.Dutt.
Author : Preetha Mani
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
ISBN 13 : 0810145014
Total Pages : 413 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (11 download)
Download or read book The Idea of Indian Literature written by Preetha Mani and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 2022-08-15 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Indian literature is not a corpus of texts or literary concepts from India, argues Preetha Mani, but a provocation that seeks to resolve the relationship between language and literature, written in as well as against English. Examining canonical Hindi and Tamil short stories from the crucial decades surrounding decolonization, Mani contends that Indian literature must be understood as indeterminate, propositional, and reflective of changing dynamics between local, regional, national, and global readerships. In The Idea of Indian Literature, she explores the paradox that a single canon can be written in multiple languages, each with their own evolving relationships to one another and to English. Hindi, representing national aspirations, and Tamil, epitomizing the secessionist propensities of the region, are conventionally viewed as poles of the multilingual continuum within Indian literature. Mani shows, however, that during the twentieth century, these literatures were coconstitutive of one another and of the idea of Indian literature itself. The writers discussed here—from short-story forefathers Premchand and Pudumaippittan to women trailblazers Mannu Bhandari and R. Chudamani—imagined a pan-Indian literature based on literary, rather than linguistic, norms, even as their aims were profoundly shaped by discussions of belonging unique to regional identity. Tracing representations of gender and the uses of genre in the shifting thematic and aesthetic practices of short vernacular prose writing, the book offers a view of the Indian literary landscape as itself a field for comparative literature.
Author : Pavan K. Varma
Publisher : Virago Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Love and Lust written by Pavan K. Varma and published by Virago Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Think Of The Erotic Literature From India And What Immediately Comes To Mind Is Vatsyayana S Kamasutra. This Was Indeed Not The First Study In Erotology Nor Was It The Last. Beginning With The Rig Veda (Written Some 5000 Years Ago) Right Up To The Seventeenth Century, Indian Literature Is Marked By Diverse Genres Replete With Unabashed Eroticism In Which Love, Lust And Life Are Explored To Their Fullest Extent& Today, The Philosophical Acceptance Of Desire And The Erotic Sentiment Has Been Asphyxiated By A Hypocritical Morality That Has Much For Too Long Equated Sex With Sin And Desire With Guilt. The Purpose Of This Anthology Is To Provide Enough Evidence Of An Alternative Vision, So That Readers Can Get A Glimpse Of The Sense Of Maturity And Honesty That Animated Our Ancestors. In This Comprehensive Anthology, The Authors Forcefully Drive Home The Point That The Fascination With Eroticism Is Age-Old. The Absence Of Inhibition And Guilt And The Candour And Boldness With Which Society Set About Seeking Its Pl Easures Find Expression Repeatedly In Writings Over The Past Ages. The Literature Of India, Both Religious And Secular, Is Full Of Sexual Allusions, Sexual Symbolisms And Passages Of Such Frank Eroticism The Likes Of Which Are Not To Be Found Elsewhere In World Literature. For Example, Some Sections Of Ancient Texts Like The Vedas, The Upanishads, The Epics (The Mahabharata And The Ramayana), The Brahmins, The Puranas And Devotional Hymns Like The Saundarya Lahiri (By Adi Shankaracharya) Are Studded With Graphic Sexual Imagery. The Sacred And The Sensuous Were Thus Seen As Integrated Elements Of Human Existence. In This Medieval Period, Writers, Poets, Dramatists, Painters, Sculptors And Artists, Whatever Be Their Language And Idiom, Gave Full Vent To Their Creative Talents, Suffused With The Sexual Metaphor. Kalidasa And Jayadev Stand Out As Exemplars Of This Genre. It Was Basically The Evangelical Fervor Of The Victorian Era That Imposed Severe Structures On The So-Called Heathen Amorous Degradation And Sought To Cleanse The Indian People By Propagating Western Morality And Values . And The Victorian Hangover Still Persists. The Underlying Themes Of This Volume Are That, In The India Tradition, The Relevance Of Desire, With Eroticism As Its Natural Attribute, Was Pragmatically Accepted And That Women Were Given Equal Status As Men In The Pursuit Of Pleasure.
Author : Sandhya Mulchandani
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Erotic Literature of Ancient India written by Sandhya Mulchandani and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores a number of ancient Indian erotic texts that take the reader through the terrain of the beautiful, the sensual, and the most desirable. The Kama Sutra, Kokashastra, Geeta Govinda, Panchcayala, Anang Ranga, Kama Sambhav and Rasik Priya are all treatises on erotic love, a subject the author explores with grace, subtlety and a generous appreciation of the basic human urge to desire and be desired.
Author : G. N. Devy
Publisher : Orient Blackswan
ISBN 13 : 9788125020226
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (22 download)
Download or read book Indian Literary Criticism written by G. N. Devy and published by Orient Blackswan. This book was released on 2002 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Literary criticism produced by Indian scholars from the earliest times to the present age is represented in this book. These include Bharatamuni, Tholkappiyar, Anandavardhana, Abhinavagupta, Jnaneshwara, Amir Khusrau, Mirza Ghalib, Rabindranath Tagore, Sri Aurobindo, B.S. Mardhekar, Ananda Coomaraswamy, and A.K. Ramanujam and Sudhir Kakar among others. Their statements have been translated into English by specialists from Sanskrit, Persian and other languages.
Author : José Ignacio Cabezón
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1614293686
Total Pages : 631 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (142 download)
Download or read book Sexuality in Classical South Asian Buddhism written by José Ignacio Cabezón and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-10-10 with total page 631 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A prolific scholar surveys classical Buddhism’s approach to sex, gender, and sexual orientation in this landmark volume. More than twenty-five years in the making, this detailed sourcebook on Buddhist understandings of sexuality, desire, ethics, and deviance in classical South Asia is filled with both engaging translations and original and provocative analysis. Jose Cabezon, the XIVth Dalai Lama Professor at the University of California Santa Barbara, marshals an incredible array of scriptures, legal and medical texts, and philosophical treatises, explaining the subtleties of this ancient literature in lucid prose. This work will be of immense interest not only to scholars of Buddhism and gender studies but also to lay readers who want to learn more about traditional Buddhist attitudes toward sex.
Author : Sujit Mukherjee
Publisher : Orient Blackswan
ISBN 13 : 9788125014539
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (145 download)
Download or read book A Dictionary of Indian Literature: Beginnings-1850 written by Sujit Mukherjee and published by Orient Blackswan. This book was released on 1998 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Volume Aspires To Be A Handy Reference Work For Users Whose Interest Is Not Limited To One Or Two Indian Language Literatures But Spreads Over Sanskrit, Tamil, Pali And The Prakrit As Well As To Asimiya, Bangla, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Rajasthani, Sindhi, Telugu And Urdu. Starting With The Vedas And The Upanishads, The Coverage Spans Several Centuries Up To The Year 1850.
Author : Valerie Ritter
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 1438435673
Total Pages : 371 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (384 download)
Download or read book Kāma's Flowers written by Valerie Ritter and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kama's Flowers documents the transformation of Hindi poetry during the crucial period of 1885-1925. As Hindi was becoming a national language and Indian nationalism was emerging, Hindi authors articulated a North Indian version of modernity by reenvisioning nature. While their writing has previously been seen as an imitation of European Romanticism, Valerie Ritter shows its unique and particular function in North India. Description of the natural world recalled traditional poetics, particularly erotic and devotional poetics, but was now used to address sociopolitical concerns, as authors created literature to advocate for a "national character" and to address a growing audience of female readers. Examining Hindi classics, translations from English poetry, literary criticism, and little-known popular works, Ritter combines translations with fresh literary analysis to show the pivotal role of nature in how modernity was understood. Bringing a new body of literature to English-language readers, Kama's Flowers also reveals the origins of an influential visual culture that resonates today in Bollywood cinema.
Author : Barnashree Khasnobis
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1040227317
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)
Download or read book Bandish as Text written by Barnashree Khasnobis and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-11-07 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a socio-cultural analysis of khayal bandishes composed by Ne’mat Khan ‘Sadarang’ and Feroze Khan ‘Adarang’. It argues that deciphering khayal bandishes as cultural symbols provides an understanding of the constitution of medieval Indian society and shows how society gets represented via such symbols. The author examines the cultural forces that nurtured the context of compositions by Sadarang and Adarang. She touches upon the cultural exchanges between Hindu and Muslim communities through scholarly and philosophical discourses to create a rationale for khayal as a syncretic form of art. A unique contribution to the study of Indian culture and music, the book will be an indispensable resource for students, teachers, and researcher scholars of South Asian studies, Hindustani music, cultural studies, history, and medieval Indian society.
Author : Janet O'Shea
Publisher : Wesleyan University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780819568373
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (683 download)
Download or read book At Home in the World written by Janet O'Shea and published by Wesleyan University Press. This book was released on 2007-05-21 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The compelling story of a beautiful and versatile South Indian dance form
Author : NA NA
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349621838
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (496 download)
Download or read book Same-Sex Love in India written by NA NA and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-30 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lambda literary award finalist, Same-Sex Love in India presents a stunning array of writings on same-sex love from over 2000 years of Indian literature. Translated from more than a dozen languages and drawn from Hindu, Buddhist, Muslim, and modern fictional traditions, these writings testify to the presence of same-sex love in various forms since ancient times, without overt persecution. This collection defies both stereotypes of Indian culture and Foucault's definition of homosexuality as a 19th-century invention, uncovering instead complex discourses of Indian homosexuality, rich metaphorical traditions to represent it, and the use of names and terms as early as medieval times to distinguish same-sex from cross-sex love. An eminent group of scholars have translated these writings for the first time or have re-translated well-known texts to correctly make evident previously underplayed homoerotic content. Selections range from religious books, legal and erotic treatises, story cycles, medieval histories and biographies, modern novels, short stories, letters, memoirs, plays and poems. From the Rigveda to Vikram Seth, this anthology will become a staple in courses on gender and queer studies, Asian studies, and world literature.
Author : Ronald M. Davidson
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
ISBN 13 : 9788120819917
Total Pages : 502 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (199 download)
Download or read book Indian Esoteric Buddhism written by Ronald M. Davidson and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publ.. This book was released on 2004 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the rapid spread of Buddhism the historical origins of Buddhsit thought and practice remain obscure.This work describes the genesis of the Tantric movement and in some ways an example of the feudalization of Indian society. Drawing on primary documents from sanskrit, prakrit, tibetan, Bengali, and chinese author shows how changes in medieval Indian society, including economic and patronage crises, a decline in women`s participation and the formation of large monastic orders led to the rise of the esoteric tradition in India.
Author : Emmie Te Nijenhuis
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004662502
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (46 download)
Download or read book Indian Music written by Emmie Te Nijenhuis and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2023-08-14 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Azmat Ali
Publisher : Arihant Publications India limited
ISBN 13 : 9324192108
Total Pages : 850 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (241 download)
Download or read book IAS Mains Paper 1 Indian Heritage & Culture History & Geography of the world & Society 2020 written by Azmat Ali and published by Arihant Publications India limited. This book was released on 2019-11-12 with total page 850 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: UPSC is considered to be the most prestigious and toughest examination in the country. In order to crack these exams one need to do heavy preparations, thorough practice and clear concepts about each and every subject. “IAS Mains General Studies Paper – 1” the most updated study material incorporated with detailed information and supported by up-to-date facts and figures. The complete coverage on each topic of the syllabus have been divided into 5 Important Units in this book. It gives the complete depiction of Indian Literature, Religion, Music, Architecture and also provides the detailed explanation for issues related to society and women. This book facilitates by giving the deep coverage on all the topics of the syllabus at one place with the conceptual clarity to fulfil the need and demands of the aspirants, special exam oriented structure has been given according to the UPSC syllabus, discussion of the theoretical concepts with the contemporary examples are given, Solved Papers from Solved Papers 2019-17 and 16 and 3 practice sets that helps in raising up level of preparation. This book acts as a great help in achieving the success for the upcoming exam. TABLE OF CONTENTS Solved Papers 2019-17, Unit -1: Indian Heritage and Culture, Unit -2: Indian Society, Unit -3: Modern Indian History, Unit -4: World History, Unit -5: Indian and World Geography, Solved Paper 2016, Practice Paper (1-3).
Author : Daniel S. Burt
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1438127065
Total Pages : 561 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (381 download)
Download or read book The Literature 100 written by Daniel S. Burt and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is the revised and expanded edition of Daniel S. Burt's fascinating assessment of the 100 most influential novelists, playwrights, and poets of all times and cultures now with 25 additional entries and some reassessments as well as 25 new black-and-white photographs and illustrations. From Doris Lessing and Gabriel Garc a M rquez to Homer and Marcel Proust, the entries provide a compelling, accessible introduction to significant writers of world literature. All of the writers selected have helped to redefine literature, establishing a standard with which succeeding generations of writers and readers have had to contend. The ranking attempts to discern, from the broadest possible perspective, what makes a literary artist great and how that greatness can be measured and compared. Each profile distills the essence of the writer's career and character to help prompt consideration of literary merit and relationships by the reader.
Author : Barbara Stoler Miller
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315484595
Total Pages : 566 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (154 download)
Download or read book Masterworks of Asian Literature in Comparative Perspective: A Guide for Teaching written by Barbara Stoler Miller and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-09-16 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a collection of 46 essays by specialists in Asian literature, who offer a wide range of possibilities for introducing Asian literature to English-speaking students. It is intended to help in promoting multicultural education.
