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

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Author / Creator:Dutt, Romesh Chunder, 1848-1909.
Imprint:London : Routledge, 2000.
Description:1 online resource (xv, 224 pages)
Language:English
Series:Trübner's Oriental series. India: language and literature ; 3
Trübner's oriental series. India: language and literature ; 3.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12474921
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ISBN:9781136384974
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Notes:Facsimile of the ed. published: London : Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., 1894.
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Summary:First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Other form:Print version: Dutt, R.C. (Romesh Chunder), 1848-1909. Lays of ancient India. London : Routledge, 2000 0415245028
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.