Srngaraprakasa of Bhoja Hardcover by Venkatarama Raghavan

Product Details

• Publisher: Harvard University Department of South Asian Studiies (2023-07-18)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 1026 pages
• ISBN-13: 9780674292529
• Item Weight: 567.0 grams
• Dimensions: 0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 cm

This edition is based on new manuscripts of this important treatise on classical Sanskrit poetics. It was composed by the famous eleventh-century King Bhoja of Malwa (West India), a patron of traditional learning.

The text has never received a complete critical edition. It is important not only because of the theoretical treatment of the erotic sentiment (śṛṅgāra) in classical Sanskrit texts. It is also a mine of quotations from extant and also from lost Sanskrit and Prakrit poetical texts.

About the Author

Venkatarama Raghavan is Professor of Sanskrit at the University of Madras.