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"Self-Surrender," "Peace," "Compassion," and the "Mission of the Goose": Poems and Prayers from South India
Contributor(s): Shulman, David (Translator), Bronner, Yigal (Translator)

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 ISBN: 081474110X     ISBN-13: 9780814741108
Publisher: Clay Sanskrit
OUR PRICE: $22.80  

Binding Type: Hardcover
Published: September 2009
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Vedanta Deshika (1268-1369) was perhaps the most outstanding Sanskrit author in the South Indian tradition focused on Vishnu and one of the most original poets in all of Sanskrit literature. Two of his best-known works appear here. "The Mission of the Goose," in the genre of messenger-poems modeled on Kali dasaas famous "Cloud Messenger," has Rama send a goose with a message for Sita, flying to Lanka over graphically described Tamil temples. "Compassion" is a meditation about the compassionate aspect of Vishnu, particularly as embodied in the great temple of Tirupati. Appayya Dikshita (1520 -1592) and Nila kantha Dikshita (1580 1644) belong to one family as well as to the same religious world centered on Shiva. Appayyaas "Self-Surrender" to his deity is the most personal of the polymathas works. In "Peace" his great-nephew Nila kantha, political high achiever as well as poet, reevaluates renunciation and transcendence in a skeptical, intimate, and deeply unsettling voice.

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BISAC Categories:
- Literary Collections | Ancient, Classical & Medieval
- Social Science | Sociology - Urban
- Poetry
Dewey: 891.21
LCCN: 2009007074
Series: Clay Sanskrit Library
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 4.6" W x 6.4" L (0.55 lbs) 316 pages
Features: Bibliography
 
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Vedanta Deshika (1268-1369) was perhaps the most outstanding Sanskrit author in the South Indian tradition focused on Vishnu and one of the most original poets in all of Sanskrit literature. Two of his best-known works appear here. The Mission of the Goose, in the genre of messenger-poems modeled on Kali dasa's famous Cloud Messenger, has Rama send a goose with a message for Sita, flying to Lanka over graphically described Tamil temples. Compassion is a meditation about the compassionate aspect of Vishnu, particularly as embodied in the great temple of Tirupati. Appayya Dikshita (1520 -1592) and Nila kantha Dikshita (1580 1644) belong to one family as well as to the same religious world centered on Shiva. Appayya's Self-Surrender to his deity is the most personal of the polymath's works. In Peace his great-nephew Nila kantha, political high achiever as well as poet, reevaluates renunciation and transcendence in a skeptical, intimate, and deeply unsettling voice.
 
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