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Therigatha
Poems of the First Buddhist Women
Inbunden, 2015
351 kr
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A stunning modern translation of a Buddhist classic that is also one of the oldest literary texts in the world written by women.The Therīgāthā, composed more than two millennia ago, is an anthology of poems in the Pali language by and about the first Buddhist women. These women were therīs, the …
Poems from the Guru Granth Sahib
Av Guru Nanak
Inbunden, 2022
347 kr
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An exquisite new translation of Guru Nanak's verses, illuminating the sacred tenets cherished by millions of Sikhs worldwide.Guru Nanak (1469–1539), a native of Panjab, founded the Sikh religion. His vast corpus of nearly a thousand hymns forms the core of the Guru Granth Sahib, the Sikhs’ sacred …
Sea of Separation
A Translation from the Ramayana of Tulsidas
Av Tulsidas
Häftad, 2024
204 kr
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“This perceptive and accessible edition brings Tulsidas’s version [of the Ramayana], the most widely read across Northern India, to English-speaking audiences, giving readers a fresh glimpse into the tale’s impressive energy.”—Publishers WeeklyTulsidas’s Rāmcaritmānas, written in the sixteenth …
Questions of Milinda
Inbunden, 2025
385 kr
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A Greek king and a Buddhist monk engage in a transformational philosophical dialogue.The legendary conversation between the Greek King Milinda, traditionally identified as Menander, and the Buddhist monk Nagasena is believed to have taken place after Alexander’s campaign in India. The earliest …
Buddha's Path to Awakening
Av Sarah Shaw
Inbunden, 2025
305 kr
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The Buddha as man, animal, and god on the path to enlightenment.According to ancient traditions, it takes countless lifetimes to become a Buddha. The Buddha’s own path to complete awakening was chronicled in five hundred and forty-seven stories known as the jātakas, which underwent numerous …
The Epic of Ram, Volume 7
Av Tulsidas
Inbunden, 2023
352 kr
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The authoritative new translation of the epic Ramayana, as retold by the sixteenth-century poet Tulsidas and cherished by millions to this day. The Epic of Ram presents a new translation of the Rāmcaritmānas of Tulsidas (1543–1623). Written in Avadhi, a literary dialect of classical Hindi, the poem …
The Epic of Ram
Av Tulsidas
Inbunden, 2016
352 kr
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The authoritative new translation of the epic Ramayana, as retold by the sixteenth-century poet Tulsidas and cherished by millions to this day.The Epic of Ram presents a new translation of the Rāmcaritmānas of Tulsidas (1543–1623). Written in Avadhi, a literary dialect of classical Hindi, the poem …
The History of Akbar, Volume 7
Av Abu'l-Fazl, Wheeler M. Thackston m. fl.
Inbunden, 2021
306 kr
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The exemplar of Indo-Persian history, at once a biography of Emperor Akbar and a chronicle of sixteenth-century Mughal India.Akbarnāma, or The History of Akbar, by Abu’l-Fazl (d. 1602), is one of the most important works of Indo-Persian history and a touchstone of prose artistry. Marking a high …
The History of Akbar, Volume 8
Av Abu'l-Fazl, Wheeler M. Thackston m. fl.
Inbunden, 2022
306 kr
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The exemplar of Indo-Persian history, at once a biography of Emperor Akbar and a chronicle of sixteenth-century Mughal India.Akbarnāma, or The History of Akbar, by Abu’l-Fazl (d. 1602), is one of the most important works of Indo-Persian history and a touchstone of prose artistry. Marking a high …
Theft of a Tree
Inbunden, 2022
351 kr
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A thousand-year-old story of Krishna and his wife Satyabhama retold by the most famous court poet of the Vijayanagara Empire.Legend has it that the sixteenth-century Telugu poet Nandi Timmana composed Theft of a Tree, or Pārijātāpaharaṇamu, which he based on a popular millennium-old tale, to help …
Lilavai
Av Kouhala, Andrew Ollett
Inbunden, 2021
352 kr
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Women’s voices and their desires are in the spotlight in this celebrated ninth-century Prakrit romance, set in modern-day coastal Andhra Pradesh.The Prakrit romance Lilavai, an early ninth-century poem attributed to Kouhala and set in modern-day coastal Andhra Pradesh, is the most celebrated work …
Poems of the First Buddhist Women
A Translation of the Therigatha
Häftad, 2021
204 kr
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A stunning modern translation of a Buddhist classic that is also one of the oldest literary texts in the world written by women.The Therīgāthā is one of the oldest surviving literatures by women, composed more than two millennia ago and originally collected as part of the Pali canon of Buddhist …
Sufi Lyrics
Selections from a World Classic
Av Bullhe Shah
Häftad, 2021
204 kr
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A modern translation of verses by Bullhe Shah, the iconic eighteenth-century Sufi poet, treasured by readers worldwide to this day.Bullhe Shah’s work is among the glories of Panjabi literature, and the iconic eighteenth-century poet is widely regarded as a master of mystical Sufi poetry. His …
Epic of Ram, Volume 6
Av Tulsidas
Inbunden, 2022
352 kr
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The authoritative new translation of the epic Ramayana, as retold by the sixteenth-century poet Tulsidas and cherished by millions to this day.The Epic of Ram presents a new translation of the Rāmcaritmānas of Tulsidas (1543–1623). Written in Avadhi, a literary dialect of classical Hindi, the poem …
He Spoke of Love
Selected Poems from the Satsai
Av Biharilal
Häftad, 2022
204 kr
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The seventeenth-century Hindi classic treasured for its subtle and beautiful portrayal of divine and erotic love’s pleasures and sorrows.The seven hundred poems of the Hindi poet Biharilal’s Satsai weave amorous narratives of the god Krishna and the goddess Radha with archetypal hero and heroine …
Ghazals
Translations of Classic Urdu Poetry
Av Mir Taqi Mir
Häftad, 2022
204 kr
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The finest ghazals of Mir Taqi Mir, the most accomplished of Urdu poets.The prolific Mir Taqi Mir (1723–1810), widely regarded as the most accomplished poet in Urdu, composed his ghazals—a poetic form of rhyming couplets—in a distinctive Indian style arising from the Persian ghazal tradition. Here, …
Life of Padma, Volume 2
Av Svayambhudeva, Eva de Clercq m. fl.
Inbunden, 2023
352 kr
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The first English translation of the oldest extant work in Apabhramsha, a literary language from medieval India, recounting the story of the Ramayana.The Life of Padma, or the Paümacariu, is a richly expressive Jain retelling in the Apabhramsha language of the famous Ramayana tale. It was written …
Treatise on Dharma
Av Yajnavalkya, Patrick Olivelle
Inbunden, 2019
305 kr
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A new English translation of the most influential legal text in medieval India.A Treatise on Dharma, written in the fourth or fifth century, is the finest example of the genre of dharmaśāstra—texts on religious, civil, and criminal law and the duties of rulers—that informed Indian life for a …
Sur’s Ocean
Classic Hindi Poetry in Translation
Av Surdas
Häftad, 2023
204 kr
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“John Stratton Hawley miraculously manages to braid the charged erotic and divine qualities of Krishna, the many-named god, while introducing us—with subtle occasional rhyme—to a vividly particularized world of prayers and crocodile earrings, spiritual longing and love-struck bees.”—Forrest Gander, …
Poems from the Sikh Sacred Tradition
Av Guru Nanak
Häftad, 2023
204 kr
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“A landmark volume, filled with beautiful renderings of writings from the Guru Granth Sahib.”—Simran Jeet Singh, author of The Light We Give: How Sikh Wisdom Can Transform Your LifeAn exquisite new translation of Guru Nanak’s verses, illuminating the sacred tenets cherished by millions of Sikhs …
God at Play, Volume 1
Inbunden, 2024
324 kr
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The oldest extant Marathi work, a medieval chronicle of Chakradhar’s divine life on earth, in a new English translation.God at Play, or Līḷācaritra, is a remarkable biography of the medieval religious figure Chakradhar Svami. His followers, called Mahanubhavs, understand him to be a divine …
Jain Tales of Moksha
Inbunden, 2026
409 kr
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A tenth-century Jain guide to ethics, self-discipline, and the quest for meaning at life’s end.Vaḍḍārādhane (literally, the veneration of ritual death), the first extant prose work in Kannada, is a tenth-century collection of Jain stories about nineteen warrior saints who embrace death in pursuit …
Kannada Mahabharata, Volume 1
Inbunden, 2024
351 kr
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The classic Kannada version of the Mahabharata, a jewel of world literature, translated into English.The Mahabharata, a cornerstone of ancient Indian literature, recounts the rivalry between branches of a royal family, the Pandavas and the Kauravas, culminating in a cataclysmic war. It has inspired …
Lineage of the Raghus
Inbunden, 2024
351 kr
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A new English translation of Raghuvaṃśa by the celebrated Sanskrit poet Kalidasa, who inspired such modern writers as Goethe and Tagore.For a millennium and a half, Kalidasa’s works—from The Cloud Messenger to The Recognition of Shakuntala—have delighted audiences in India and beyond. Although the …
Theft of a Tree
A Tale by the Court Poet of the Vijayanagara Empire
Häftad, 2024
204 kr
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The first English translation of a thousand-year-old story of Krishna and his wife Satyabhama, retold by the most famous court poet of the Vijayanagara Empire.Legend has it that the sixteenth-century Telugu poet Nandi Timmana composed Theft of a Tree, or Pārijātāpaharaṇamu, to help the wife of …
Ten Indian Classics
Av Murty Classical Library of India
Inbunden, 2025
302 kr
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“The Murty Classical Library of India sifts through multiple languages and thousands of years to bring a nation’s literary treasures to English-language readers.” —Wall Street Journal Romantic ghazals and devotional quatrains, medieval battles and separated lovers, Buddhist women on their journeys …
Exquisite Things and Strange Wonders
In Defense of Persian Poetry
Av Amir Khusraw Dihlavi, Alyssa (University of North Carolina at Greensboro) Gabbay m. fl.
Inbunden, 2026
324 kr
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A defense of poetry from a towering figure of the medieval Persianate world.Written in 1294 as the introduction to a book of poetry, the Dībācha-yi dīvān-i ghurrat al-kamāl became a lauded work in its own right. Its author, Amir Khusraw Dihlavi (1253–1325), was a poet, historian, courtier, Sufi, …
Risalo of Shah Abdul Latif
Sufi Poetry from Sindh
Häftad, 2025
204 kr
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A landmark English translation of Sindhi literature’s most famous classic.Shah Abdul Latif’s Risalo, loosely translated as “the message,” is widely regarded as the pinnacle of Sindhi literature, cherished across South Asia and the diaspora. This collection of Sufi verses, originally crafted for …
God at Play
Av Mhaimbhat, Professor of Religious Studies Anne (Arizona State University) Feldhaus m. fl.
Inbunden, 2026
324 kr
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The oldest extant literature written in Marathi.God at Play, or Līḷācaritra, is a remarkable biography of the medieval religious figure Chakradhar Svami. His followers, called Mahanubhavs, understand him to be an incarnation of Parameshvar, the one supreme God. Mhaimbhat, a Brahmin goldsmith who …
The Epic of Ram
Av Tulsidas
Inbunden, 2016
351 kr
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The authoritative new translation of the epic Ramayana, as retold by the sixteenth-century poet Tulsidas and cherished by millions to this day.The Epic of Ram presents a new translation of the Rāmcaritmānas of Tulsidas (1543–1623). Written in Avadhi, a literary dialect of classical Hindi, the poem …
