• Contact

  • Newsletter

  • About us

  • Delivery options

  • Prospero Book Market Podcast

  • Subhashitavali: An Anthology of Comic, Erotic and Other Verse

    Subhashitavali by (Tr.), Haksar;

    An Anthology of Comic, Erotic and Other Verse

    Series: Penguin Classics;

      • GET 10% OFF

      • The discount is only available for 'Alert of Favourite Topics' newsletter recipients.
      • Publisher's listprice GBP 20.99
      • The price is estimated because at the time of ordering we do not know what conversion rates will apply to HUF / product currency when the book arrives. In case HUF is weaker, the price increases slightly, in case HUF is stronger, the price goes lower slightly.

        10 027 Ft (9 550 Ft + 5% VAT)
      • Discount 10% (cc. 1 003 Ft off)
      • Discounted price 9 025 Ft (8 595 Ft + 5% VAT)

    10 027 Ft

    Availability

    Uncertain availability. Please turn to our customer service.

    Why don't you give exact delivery time?

    Delivery time is estimated on our previous experiences. We give estimations only, because we order from outside Hungary, and the delivery time mainly depends on how quickly the publisher supplies the book. Faster or slower deliveries both happen, but we do our best to supply as quickly as possible.

    Product details:

    • Publisher India Penguin Classics
    • Date of Publication 1 January 2007

    • ISBN 9780143101369
    • Binding Paperback
    • No. of pages208 pages
    • Size 195x83x135 mm
    • Language English
    • 0

    Categories

    Short description:

    Features miniature verses from classical Sanskrit. This anthology compiled by Vallabhadeva in circa fifteenth-century Kashmir, offers a rich variety of erotic poetry and a wealth of lyrical and gnomic verse. One section is given to earthy humour and cynical satire.

    More

    Long description:

    The subhashita verse is a popular feature of Sanskrit literature. Composed in isolation or as part of a larger work, it is essentially a miniature poem which encapsulates a complete thought, mood or image in a single stanza. These verse epigrams have a wide range of themes. This selection from the Subhashitavali, a celebrated verse anthology compiled by Vallabhadeva in c. fifteenth-century Kashmir, offers a rich variety of erotic poetry and a wealth of lyrical and gnomic verse. One section is given to earthy humour and cynical satire seldom available in English renditions. Also included are invocations and allegories, panegyrics and pen-pictures, sage observations and stark musings. The sweep of these verses is matched by the eclectic array of contributors from illustrious poets like Vyasa and Valmiki, Kalidasa and Bana to others now mostly forgotten. These verses of jollity and wit, ribaldry and bawdiness, snide sarcasm and wry comment showcase the fact that Sanskrit literature, generally perceived as staid and serious, can also be flippant and fun.

    More
    0