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About the book :
Sanskrit has too often been regarded as the sacred language of the gods, yet it is love that has been the overwhelming obsession of Sanskrit writers for over 3,000 years. How to Love in Sanskrit is an invitation to Sanskrit love poetry, bringing together verses and short prose pieces by celebrated writers like Kalidasa and Banabhatta, Buddhist and Jain monks, scholars, emperors, and even some modern-day poets. How do you brew a love potion? Turn someone crimson with a compliment? How do you make love? How do you quarrel and make up? Nurse a broken heart? And how do you let go? There’s something for everyone in this brilliantly translated ancient guide to love for modern readers.
Pages ; 328; Hardback ; Harper Collins ;
About the Authors :
Anusha Rao is a scholar of Sanskrit who likes writing new things about very old things. She is currently pursuing a PhD at the University of Toronto, and writes a column in the “Deccan Herald” presenting witty Sanskrit-flavoured takes on contemporary issues.
Suhas Mahesh is a scholar of Sanskrit and Prakrit with a terrible weakness for good verse, rare manuscripts and arcane grammar. By day, Suhas is a materials physicist with a PhD from the University of Oxford where he was a Rhodes Scholar.
Appreciation for the book :
Witty, surprising and joyous … A book to pick up, a book to gift. – ARUNDHATHI SUBRAMANIAM
Beautiful … A book that will delight the reader. – BIBEK DEBROY
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