About this title: KING Yes. I shall release you - SAKUNTALA When? KING When? When, like a bee, I kiss the bud of your unbruised lip And flood my thirsting mouth with nectar. Kalidasa's play about the love of King Dusyanta and Sakuntala, a hermitage girl, their separation by a curse, and eventual reunion, is the supreme work of Sanskrit drama by its greatest poet and playwright (c.4th century CE). Overwhelmingly erotic in tone, in peformance The Recognition of Sakuntala aimed to produce an experience of aesthetic rapture in the audience, akin to certain types of mystical experience. The pioneering English ...
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780192839114ISBN:019283911X
Description: Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Lt. cover, edge wear. Pages very good. Kalidasa's play about the love of King Dusyanta for Sakuntala, a monastic girl, is the supreme work of Sanskrit drama by its greatest poet and playwright (c.4th century CE). Overwhelmingly erotic in tone and in performance, The Recognition of Sakuntala aimed to produce an experience More...of aesthetic rapture in the audience, comparable to certain types of mystical experience. 147 pages. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780192839114ISBN:019283911X
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. No marks on pages. Used sticker on spine. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 192 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780199540600ISBN:0199540608
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 147 p. Oxford World's Classics (Paperback). Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr
Date Published: 2008-07-15
ISBN-13:9780199540600ISBN:0199540608
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780199540600. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780199540600ISBN:0199540608
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 196x129 mm. (192) kalidasa's play about the love of king dusyanta and sakuntala, their separation by a curse and eventual reunion, is the supreme work of sanskrit drama its greatest poet and playwright. this new verse translation includes the famous version of the story from the mahabharata and an introduction to classical indian aesthetics and drama. (Paperback) read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN-13:9780192839114ISBN:019283911X
Description: Good. Only lightly used. Book has minimal wear to cover and binding. A few pages may have small creases and minimal underlining. Book selection as BIG as Texas. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780199540600ISBN:0199540608
Description: New. Kalidasa's play about the love of King Dusyanta for Sakuntala, a monastic girl, is the supreme work of Sanskrit drama by its greatest poet and playwright (c.4th century CE). Overwhelmingly erotic in tone and in performance, The Recognition of Sakunta... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780199540600ISBN:0199540608
Description: Kalidasa's play about the love of King Dusyanta and Sakuntala, their separation by a curse and eventual reunion, is the supreme work of Sanskrit drama its greatest poet and playwright. This new verse translation includes the famous version of the sto... read more
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