Lays of ancient India : selections from Indian poetry rendered into English verse /

First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Dutt, Romesh Chunder, 1848-1909
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London : Routledge, 2000
Series:	Trübner's oriental series India: language and literature ; 3.
Subjects:	Indic poetry > Translations into English Indic poetry LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Electronic books Translations

Table of Contents:

Cover; LAYS OF ANCIENT INDIA; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; I. VEDIC HYMNS.; 1. INDRA, THE RAIN-GIVER; 2. INDRA, THE SUPREME DEITY; 3. VARUNA, THE GOD OF SKY; 4. VARUNA, THE GOD OF RIGHTEOUSNESS; 5. AGNI, OR THE FIRE; 6. USHAS, OR THE DAWN; 7. SAVITRI, OR THE SUN; 8. THE GODS OF AGRICULTURE; 9. THE GOD OF PASTURE; 10. A BATTLE HYMN; 11. A BRIDAL HYMN; 12. A FUNERAL HYMN; 13. THE GOLDEN CHILD; 14. THE CREATOR; II. PASSAGES FROM THE UPANISHADS.; 1. BRAHMAN, OR THE UNIVERSAL SOUL; 2. THE LEGEND OF SATYAKÂMA; 3. THE LEGEND OF GÂRGÎ; 4. THE LEGEND OF MAITREYÎ; 5. THE LEGEND OF UMÂ
6. the legend of nachiketas7. the legend of bâlâki; 8. hymn of the dying man; iii. passages from buddhist scriptures.; 1. buddha's birth; 2. buddha's death; 3. ten precepts from dhammapada; iv. edicts of asoka.; 1. message to his people; 2. message to foreign nations; v. kâvya poetry.; 1. the penance of umâ; 2. the conquests of raghu; 3. muktâlatâ, princess of ceylon; vi. the hunter and the hero.; i. draupadî's remonstrance; ii. yudhishthira's reply; iii. vyâsa's instructions; iv. autumn fields; v. the himalayas; vi. arjuna's penance; vii. the nymphs; viii. the advent of indra
Ix. the advent of sivax. the boar hunt; xi. the combat; xii. prayer and blessing

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