The
Clay Sanskrit Library is a series of books published by New York University Press and the JJC Foundation. Each work features the text in its original language (transliterated
SanskritSanskrit , is a historical Indo-Aryan language and the primary liturgical language of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism.Buddhism: besides Pali, see Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Today, it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of the state of Uttarakhand...
) on the left-hand page, with its
EnglishEnglish is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
translation on the right. The series was modeled on the
Loeb Classical LibraryThe Loeb Classical Library is a series of books, today published by Harvard University Press, which presents important works of ancient Greek and Latin Literature in a way designed to make the text accessible to the broadest possible audience, by presenting the original Greek or Latin text on each...
, and its volumes are bound in teal cloth.
CSL and the JJC Foundation
The JJC Foundation was founded by
John P. ClayJohn Clay was born in Paterson, New Jersey in 1934. A 1957 graduate of Oxford University, Clay took first class honors in Sanskrit, Avestan and Old Persian...
and his wife, Jennifer. John Clay, who was born in Paterson, New Jersey, in 1934, went to Oxford University in the 1950s, where he studied classics and
Sanskrit literatureLiterature in Sanskrit begins with the Vedas, and continues with the Sanskrit Epics of Iron Age India; the golden age of Classical Sanskrit literature dates to late Antiquity . Literary production saw a late bloom in the 11th century before declining after 1100 AD...
. He went on to a long career in global investment banking with Clay Finlay, Inc, New York, and Vickers da Costa, New York. But in 1999 he decided that he wanted to return to his real passion, Sanskrit literature, and envisioned a series that would make all the classics available to the general public for the first time. He shared his vision for the Clay Sanskrit Library with
Richard GombrichRichard Francis Gombrich is a British Indologist and scholar of Sanskrit, Pāli, and Buddhist Studies. He acted as the Boden Professor of Sanskrit at the University of Oxford from 1976 to 2004. He is currently Founder-President of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies...
, Boden Professor of Sanskrit at Oxford University from 1965 to 2004, and Richard Gombrich agreed to serve as general editor of the series. They invited Somadeva Vasudeva and Isabelle Onians (themselves Sanskrit scholars) as associate editors for the series, as well as thirty leading academics from eight different countries to produce new translations of classical Sanskrit literature. John Clay now lives in New York City. In 2007
Sheldon PollockSheldon I. Pollock is a scholar of Sanskrit, Indian intellectual and literary history, and comparative intellectual history. He is currently the William B. Ransford Professor of Sanskrit and South Asian Studies at the Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies, Columbia University...
joined Richard Gombrich as co-general editor. Richard Gombrich resigned from the post in early 2008.
The first books in the series were published in 2005. At present, there are 46 volumes available.
EpicIndian epic poetry is the epic poetry written in the Indian subcontinent, traditionally called Kavya . The Ramayana and Mahabharata, originally composed in Sanskrit and translated thereafter into many other Indian languages, are some of the oldest surviving epic poems on earth and form part of...
Maha·bhárataThe Mahabharata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India and Nepal, the other being the Ramayana. The epic is part of itihasa....
- Maha·bhárata II: The Great Hall (Sabhāparvan): 588 pp, Paul Wilmot, 2006, ISBN 978-0-8147-9406-7
- Maha·bhárata III: The Forest (Vanaparvan) (volume four of four): 374 pp, William J. Johnson, 2005, ISBN 978-0-8147-4278-5
- Maha·bhárata IV: Viráta (): 516 pp, Kathleen Garbutt, 2007, ISBN 978-0-8147-3183-3
- Maha·bhárata V: Preparations for War (Udyogaparvan) (volume one of two): 450 pp, Kathleen Garbutt, with a foreword by Gurcharan Das, 2008, ISBN 978-0-8147-3191-8
- Maha·bhárata V: Preparations for War (Udyogaparvan) (volume two of two): 789 pp, Kathleen Garbutt, 2008, ISBN 978-0-8147-3202-1
- Maha·bhárata VI: Bhishma (Bhīṣmaparvan) (volume one of two) Including the “Bhagavad Gita” in Context: 615 pp, Alex Cherniak, Foreword by Ranajit Guha, 2008, ISBN 978-0-8147-1696-0
- Maha·bhárata VI: Bhishma (volume two of two): 582pp, Alex Cherniak, 2009, ISBN 978-0-8147-1705-9
- Maha·bhárata VII: Drona () (volume one of four): 473 pp, Vaughan Pilikian, 2006, ISBN 978-0-8147-6723-8
- Maha·bhárata VII: Drona () (volume two of four): 394 pp, Vaughan Pilikian, 2009, ISBN 978-0-8147-6776-4
- Maha·bhárata VIII: Karna () (volume one of two): 604 pp, Adam Bowles, 2007, ISBN 978-0-8147-9981-9
- Maha·bhárata VIII: Karna () (volume two of two): 624 pp, Adam Bowles, 2008, ISBN 978-0-8147-9995-6
- Maha·bhárata IX: Shalya (Śalyaparvan) (volume one of two): 371 pp, Justin Meiland, 2005, ISBN 978-0-8147-5706-2
- Maha·bhárata IX: Shalya (Śalyaparvan) (volume two of two): 470 pp, Justin Meiland, 2007, ISBN 978-0-8147-5737-6
- Maha·bhárata X & XI: Dead of the Night & The Women (Sauptikaparvan & Strīparvan): 416 pp, Kate Crosby, 2009, ISBN 978-0-8147-1727-1
- Maha·bhárata XII: Peace (Śāntiparvan): “The Book of Liberation” (volume three of five): 626 pp, Alex Wynne, 2009, ISBN 0-8147-9453-X
RamáyanaThe Ramayana is an ancient Sanskrit epic. It is ascribed to the Hindu sage Valmiki and forms an important part of the Hindu canon , considered to be itihāsa. The Ramayana is one of the two great epics of India and Nepal, the other being the Mahabharata...
by
ValmíkiValmiki is celebrated as the poet harbinger in Sanskrit literature. He is the author of the epic Ramayana, based on the attribution in the text of the epic itself. He is revered as the Adi Kavi, which means First Poet, for he discovered the first śloka i.e...
- Ramáyana I: Boyhood (): 424 pp, Robert P. Goldman, 2005, ISBN 0-8147-3163-5
- Ramáyana II: Ayódhya (): 652 pp, Sheldon I. Pollock, 2005, ISBN 0-8147-6716-8
- Ramáyana III: The Forest (): 436 pp, Sheldon I. Pollock, 2006, ISBN 0-8147-6722-2
- Ramáyana IV: Kishkíndha (): 415 pp, Rosalind Lefeber, 2005, ISBN 0-8147-5207-1
- Ramáyana V: Súndara (): 538 pp, Robert P. Goldman & Sally J. Sutherland Goldman, 2006, ISBN 0-8147-3178-3
Classical poetry
- The Birth of Kumára
Kumārasambhava is a Sanskrit epic poem by Kālidāsa; the first eight cantos are accepted as his authorship...
() by KālidāsaKālidāsa was a renowned Classical Sanskrit writer, widely regarded as the greatest poet and dramatist in the Sanskrit language...
. 360 pp, David Smith, 2005, ISBN 0-8147-4008-1
- Love Lyrics (Amaruśataka
The Amaruśataka or Amarukaśataka , authored by Amaru , is a collection of poems dated to about the 7th or 8th century....
, Śatakatraya and Caurapañcāśikā) by Amaru, and
The Clay Sanskrit Library is a series of books published by New York University Press and the JJC Foundation. Each work features the text in its original language (transliterated SanskritSanskrit , is a historical Indo-Aryan language and the primary liturgical language of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism.Buddhism: besides Pali, see Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Today, it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of the state of Uttarakhand...
) on the left-hand page, with its EnglishEnglish is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
translation on the right. The series was modeled on the Loeb Classical LibraryThe Loeb Classical Library is a series of books, today published by Harvard University Press, which presents important works of ancient Greek and Latin Literature in a way designed to make the text accessible to the broadest possible audience, by presenting the original Greek or Latin text on each...
, and its volumes are bound in teal cloth.
CSL and the JJC Foundation
The JJC Foundation was founded by John P. ClayJohn Clay was born in Paterson, New Jersey in 1934. A 1957 graduate of Oxford University, Clay took first class honors in Sanskrit, Avestan and Old Persian...
and his wife, Jennifer. John Clay, who was born in Paterson, New Jersey, in 1934, went to Oxford University in the 1950s, where he studied classics and Sanskrit literatureLiterature in Sanskrit begins with the Vedas, and continues with the Sanskrit Epics of Iron Age India; the golden age of Classical Sanskrit literature dates to late Antiquity . Literary production saw a late bloom in the 11th century before declining after 1100 AD...
. He went on to a long career in global investment banking with Clay Finlay, Inc, New York, and Vickers da Costa, New York. But in 1999 he decided that he wanted to return to his real passion, Sanskrit literature, and envisioned a series that would make all the classics available to the general public for the first time. He shared his vision for the Clay Sanskrit Library with Richard GombrichRichard Francis Gombrich is a British Indologist and scholar of Sanskrit, Pāli, and Buddhist Studies. He acted as the Boden Professor of Sanskrit at the University of Oxford from 1976 to 2004. He is currently Founder-President of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies...
, Boden Professor of Sanskrit at Oxford University from 1965 to 2004, and Richard Gombrich agreed to serve as general editor of the series. They invited Somadeva Vasudeva and Isabelle Onians (themselves Sanskrit scholars) as associate editors for the series, as well as thirty leading academics from eight different countries to produce new translations of classical Sanskrit literature. John Clay now lives in New York City. In 2007 Sheldon PollockSheldon I. Pollock is a scholar of Sanskrit, Indian intellectual and literary history, and comparative intellectual history. He is currently the William B. Ransford Professor of Sanskrit and South Asian Studies at the Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies, Columbia University...
joined Richard Gombrich as co-general editor. Richard Gombrich resigned from the post in early 2008.
The first books in the series were published in 2005. At present, there are 46 volumes available.
EpicIndian epic poetry is the epic poetry written in the Indian subcontinent, traditionally called Kavya . The Ramayana and Mahabharata, originally composed in Sanskrit and translated thereafter into many other Indian languages, are some of the oldest surviving epic poems on earth and form part of...
Maha·bhárataThe Mahabharata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India and Nepal, the other being the Ramayana. The epic is part of itihasa....
- Maha·bhárata II: The Great Hall (Sabhāparvan): 588 pp, Paul Wilmot, 2006, ISBN 978-0-8147-9406-7
- Maha·bhárata III: The Forest (Vanaparvan) (volume four of four): 374 pp, William J. Johnson, 2005, ISBN 978-0-8147-4278-5
- Maha·bhárata IV: Viráta ({{IAST|Virāṭaparvan}}): 516 pp, Kathleen Garbutt, 2007, ISBN 978-0-8147-3183-3
- Maha·bhárata V: Preparations for War (Udyogaparvan) (volume one of two): 450 pp, Kathleen Garbutt, with a foreword by Gurcharan Das, 2008, ISBN 978-0-8147-3191-8
- Maha·bhárata V: Preparations for War (Udyogaparvan) (volume two of two): 789 pp, Kathleen Garbutt, 2008, ISBN 978-0-8147-3202-1
- Maha·bhárata VI: Bhishma (Bhīṣmaparvan) (volume one of two) Including the “Bhagavad Gita” in Context: 615 pp, Alex Cherniak, Foreword by Ranajit Guha, 2008, ISBN 978-0-8147-1696-0
- Maha·bhárata VI: Bhishma (volume two of two): 582pp, Alex Cherniak, 2009, ISBN 978-0-8147-1705-9
- Maha·bhárata VII: Drona ({{IAST|Droṇaparvan}}) (volume one of four): 473 pp, Vaughan Pilikian, 2006, ISBN 978-0-8147-6723-8
- Maha·bhárata VII: Drona ({{IAST|Droṇaparvan}}) (volume two of four): 394 pp, Vaughan Pilikian, 2009, ISBN 978-0-8147-6776-4
- Maha·bhárata VIII: Karna ({{IAST|Karṇaparvan}}) (volume one of two): 604 pp, Adam Bowles, 2007, ISBN 978-0-8147-9981-9
- Maha·bhárata VIII: Karna ({{IAST|Karṇaparvan}}) (volume two of two): 624 pp, Adam Bowles, 2008, ISBN 978-0-8147-9995-6
- Maha·bhárata IX: Shalya (Śalyaparvan) (volume one of two): 371 pp, Justin Meiland, 2005, ISBN 978-0-8147-5706-2
- Maha·bhárata IX: Shalya (Śalyaparvan) (volume two of two): 470 pp, Justin Meiland, 2007, ISBN 978-0-8147-5737-6
- Maha·bhárata X & XI: Dead of the Night & The Women (Sauptikaparvan & Strīparvan): 416 pp, Kate Crosby, 2009, ISBN 978-0-8147-1727-1
- Maha·bhárata XII: Peace (Śāntiparvan): “The Book of Liberation” (volume three of five): 626 pp, Alex Wynne, 2009, ISBN 0-8147-9453-X
RamáyanaThe Ramayana is an ancient Sanskrit epic. It is ascribed to the Hindu sage Valmiki and forms an important part of the Hindu canon , considered to be itihāsa. The Ramayana is one of the two great epics of India and Nepal, the other being the Mahabharata...
by ValmíkiValmiki is celebrated as the poet harbinger in Sanskrit literature. He is the author of the epic Ramayana, based on the attribution in the text of the epic itself. He is revered as the Adi Kavi, which means First Poet, for he discovered the first śloka i.e...
- Ramáyana I: Boyhood ({{IAST|Bālakāṇḍa}}): 424 pp, Robert P. Goldman, 2005, ISBN 0-8147-3163-5
- Ramáyana II: Ayódhya ({{IAST|Ayodhyākāṇḍa}}): 652 pp, Sheldon I. Pollock, 2005, ISBN 0-8147-6716-8
- Ramáyana III: The Forest ({{IAST|Araṇyakāṇḍa}}): 436 pp, Sheldon I. Pollock, 2006, ISBN 0-8147-6722-2
- Ramáyana IV: Kishkíndha ({{IAST|Kiṣkindhākāṇḍa}}): 415 pp, Rosalind Lefeber, 2005, ISBN 0-8147-5207-1
- Ramáyana V: Súndara ({{IAST|Sundarakāṇḍa}}): 538 pp, Robert P. Goldman & Sally J. Sutherland Goldman, 2006, ISBN 0-8147-3178-3
Classical poetry
- The Birth of Kumára
Kumārasambhava is a Sanskrit epic poem by Kālidāsa; the first eight cantos are accepted as his authorship...
({{IAST|Kumārasaṃbhava}}) by KālidāsaKālidāsa was a renowned Classical Sanskrit writer, widely regarded as the greatest poet and dramatist in the Sanskrit language...
. 360 pp, David Smith, 2005, ISBN 0-8147-4008-1
- Love Lyrics (Amaruśataka
The Amaruśataka or Amarukaśataka , authored by Amaru , is a collection of poems dated to about the 7th or 8th century....
, Śatakatraya and Caurapañcāśikā) by Amaru, {{IAST|Bhartṛhari}} and
The Clay Sanskrit Library is a series of books published by New York University Press and the JJC Foundation. Each work features the text in its original language (transliterated SanskritSanskrit , is a historical Indo-Aryan language and the primary liturgical language of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism.Buddhism: besides Pali, see Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Today, it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of the state of Uttarakhand...
) on the left-hand page, with its EnglishEnglish is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
translation on the right. The series was modeled on the Loeb Classical LibraryThe Loeb Classical Library is a series of books, today published by Harvard University Press, which presents important works of ancient Greek and Latin Literature in a way designed to make the text accessible to the broadest possible audience, by presenting the original Greek or Latin text on each...
, and its volumes are bound in teal cloth.
CSL and the JJC Foundation
The JJC Foundation was founded by John P. ClayJohn Clay was born in Paterson, New Jersey in 1934. A 1957 graduate of Oxford University, Clay took first class honors in Sanskrit, Avestan and Old Persian...
and his wife, Jennifer. John Clay, who was born in Paterson, New Jersey, in 1934, went to Oxford University in the 1950s, where he studied classics and Sanskrit literatureLiterature in Sanskrit begins with the Vedas, and continues with the Sanskrit Epics of Iron Age India; the golden age of Classical Sanskrit literature dates to late Antiquity . Literary production saw a late bloom in the 11th century before declining after 1100 AD...
. He went on to a long career in global investment banking with Clay Finlay, Inc, New York, and Vickers da Costa, New York. But in 1999 he decided that he wanted to return to his real passion, Sanskrit literature, and envisioned a series that would make all the classics available to the general public for the first time. He shared his vision for the Clay Sanskrit Library with Richard GombrichRichard Francis Gombrich is a British Indologist and scholar of Sanskrit, Pāli, and Buddhist Studies. He acted as the Boden Professor of Sanskrit at the University of Oxford from 1976 to 2004. He is currently Founder-President of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies...
, Boden Professor of Sanskrit at Oxford University from 1965 to 2004, and Richard Gombrich agreed to serve as general editor of the series. They invited Somadeva Vasudeva and Isabelle Onians (themselves Sanskrit scholars) as associate editors for the series, as well as thirty leading academics from eight different countries to produce new translations of classical Sanskrit literature. John Clay now lives in New York City. In 2007 Sheldon PollockSheldon I. Pollock is a scholar of Sanskrit, Indian intellectual and literary history, and comparative intellectual history. He is currently the William B. Ransford Professor of Sanskrit and South Asian Studies at the Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies, Columbia University...
joined Richard Gombrich as co-general editor. Richard Gombrich resigned from the post in early 2008.
The first books in the series were published in 2005. At present, there are 46 volumes available.
EpicIndian epic poetry is the epic poetry written in the Indian subcontinent, traditionally called Kavya . The Ramayana and Mahabharata, originally composed in Sanskrit and translated thereafter into many other Indian languages, are some of the oldest surviving epic poems on earth and form part of...
Maha·bhárataThe Mahabharata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India and Nepal, the other being the Ramayana. The epic is part of itihasa....
- Maha·bhárata II: The Great Hall (Sabhāparvan): 588 pp, Paul Wilmot, 2006, ISBN 978-0-8147-9406-7
- Maha·bhárata III: The Forest (Vanaparvan) (volume four of four): 374 pp, William J. Johnson, 2005, ISBN 978-0-8147-4278-5
- Maha·bhárata IV: Viráta ({{IAST|Virāṭaparvan}}): 516 pp, Kathleen Garbutt, 2007, ISBN 978-0-8147-3183-3
- Maha·bhárata V: Preparations for War (Udyogaparvan) (volume one of two): 450 pp, Kathleen Garbutt, with a foreword by Gurcharan Das, 2008, ISBN 978-0-8147-3191-8
- Maha·bhárata V: Preparations for War (Udyogaparvan) (volume two of two): 789 pp, Kathleen Garbutt, 2008, ISBN 978-0-8147-3202-1
- Maha·bhárata VI: Bhishma (Bhīṣmaparvan) (volume one of two) Including the “Bhagavad Gita” in Context: 615 pp, Alex Cherniak, Foreword by Ranajit Guha, 2008, ISBN 978-0-8147-1696-0
- Maha·bhárata VI: Bhishma (volume two of two): 582pp, Alex Cherniak, 2009, ISBN 978-0-8147-1705-9
- Maha·bhárata VII: Drona ({{IAST|Droṇaparvan}}) (volume one of four): 473 pp, Vaughan Pilikian, 2006, ISBN 978-0-8147-6723-8
- Maha·bhárata VII: Drona ({{IAST|Droṇaparvan}}) (volume two of four): 394 pp, Vaughan Pilikian, 2009, ISBN 978-0-8147-6776-4
- Maha·bhárata VIII: Karna ({{IAST|Karṇaparvan}}) (volume one of two): 604 pp, Adam Bowles, 2007, ISBN 978-0-8147-9981-9
- Maha·bhárata VIII: Karna ({{IAST|Karṇaparvan}}) (volume two of two): 624 pp, Adam Bowles, 2008, ISBN 978-0-8147-9995-6
- Maha·bhárata IX: Shalya (Śalyaparvan) (volume one of two): 371 pp, Justin Meiland, 2005, ISBN 978-0-8147-5706-2
- Maha·bhárata IX: Shalya (Śalyaparvan) (volume two of two): 470 pp, Justin Meiland, 2007, ISBN 978-0-8147-5737-6
- Maha·bhárata X & XI: Dead of the Night & The Women (Sauptikaparvan & Strīparvan): 416 pp, Kate Crosby, 2009, ISBN 978-0-8147-1727-1
- Maha·bhárata XII: Peace (Śāntiparvan): “The Book of Liberation” (volume three of five): 626 pp, Alex Wynne, 2009, ISBN 0-8147-9453-X
RamáyanaThe Ramayana is an ancient Sanskrit epic. It is ascribed to the Hindu sage Valmiki and forms an important part of the Hindu canon , considered to be itihāsa. The Ramayana is one of the two great epics of India and Nepal, the other being the Mahabharata...
by ValmíkiValmiki is celebrated as the poet harbinger in Sanskrit literature. He is the author of the epic Ramayana, based on the attribution in the text of the epic itself. He is revered as the Adi Kavi, which means First Poet, for he discovered the first śloka i.e...
- Ramáyana I: Boyhood ({{IAST|Bālakāṇḍa}}): 424 pp, Robert P. Goldman, 2005, ISBN 0-8147-3163-5
- Ramáyana II: Ayódhya ({{IAST|Ayodhyākāṇḍa}}): 652 pp, Sheldon I. Pollock, 2005, ISBN 0-8147-6716-8
- Ramáyana III: The Forest ({{IAST|Araṇyakāṇḍa}}): 436 pp, Sheldon I. Pollock, 2006, ISBN 0-8147-6722-2
- Ramáyana IV: Kishkíndha ({{IAST|Kiṣkindhākāṇḍa}}): 415 pp, Rosalind Lefeber, 2005, ISBN 0-8147-5207-1
- Ramáyana V: Súndara ({{IAST|Sundarakāṇḍa}}): 538 pp, Robert P. Goldman & Sally J. Sutherland Goldman, 2006, ISBN 0-8147-3178-3
Classical poetry
- The Birth of Kumára
Kumārasambhava is a Sanskrit epic poem by Kālidāsa; the first eight cantos are accepted as his authorship...
({{IAST|Kumārasaṃbhava}}) by KālidāsaKālidāsa was a renowned Classical Sanskrit writer, widely regarded as the greatest poet and dramatist in the Sanskrit language...
. 360 pp, David Smith, 2005, ISBN 0-8147-4008-1
- Love Lyrics (Amaruśataka
The Amaruśataka or Amarukaśataka , authored by Amaru , is a collection of poems dated to about the 7th or 8th century....
, Śatakatraya and Caurapañcāśikā) by Amaru, {{IAST|Bhartṛhari}} and {{IASTBilhana Kavi was an 11th-century Kashmiri poet. He is known for his love poem, the Caurapâñcâśikâ.According to legend, the Brahman Bilhana fell in love with the daughter of King Madanabhirama, Princess Yaminipurnatilaka, and had a secretive love affair. They were discovered, and Bilhana was thrown...
. 327 pp, Greg Bailey & Richard Gombrich, 2005, ISBN 0-8147-9938-8
- Messenger Poems (Meghadūta
Meghadūta is a lyric poem written by Kālidāsa, considered to be one of the greatest Sanskrit poets.A short poem of 111 stanzas, it is one of Kālidāsa's most famous works...
, PavanadūtaPavanadūta or Wind Messenger was composed by Dhoyin or Dhoyī, a poet at the court of the Sena king Lakshmana who ruled Gauda, in what is now Bengal, during the latter part of the twelfth century CE. His Pavanadūta is probably the earliest surviving example of the many messenger poems which were...
and {{IAST|Haṃsadūta}}) by KālidāsaKālidāsa was a renowned Classical Sanskrit writer, widely regarded as the greatest poet and dramatist in the Sanskrit language...
, DhoyīDhoyin or Dhoyī was a poet at the court of the Sena king Lakshman Sen who ruled Gauda in what is now Bengal during the latter part of the twelfth century CE...
and Rūpa GosvāminRupa Goswami was an Indian devotional teacher , poet, and philosopher from the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition of Hinduism. Alongside his brother Sanatana Goswami, he was considered the leader of the Six Goswamis of Vrindavan associated with Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, the Hindu saint believed to be the...
. 293 pp, Sir James Mallinson, 2006, ISBN 0-8147-5714-6
- Three Satires ({{IAST|Kaliviḍambana}}, Kalāvilāsa and {{IAST|Bhallaṭaśataka}}) by {{IAST|Nīlakaṇṭha}}, {{IAST|Kṣemendra}} and {{IAST|Bhallaṭa}}. 403 pp, Somadeva Vasudeva, 2005, ISBN 0-8147-8814-9
- Gita·govínda: Love Songs of Radha and Krishna by Jayadeva
Jayadeva was a Sanskrit poet circa 1200 AD. He is most known for his composition, the epic poem Gita Govinda, which depicts the divine love of Krishna-an avatar of Vishnu and his consort, Radha, and it is mentioned that Radha is greater than Hari, and is considered an important text in the...
. Foreword by Sudipta Kaviraj. 256 pp, Lee SiegelLee A. Siegel is a novelist and professor of religion at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. His 1999 novel, Love in a Dead Language, was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year and a bestseller in India...
, 2009, ISBN 0-8147-4078-2
- “Bouquet of Rasa” and “River of Rasa” by Bhānudatta. 442 pp, Sheldon I. Pollock
Sheldon I. Pollock is a scholar of Sanskrit, Indian intellectual and literary history, and comparative intellectual history. He is currently the William B. Ransford Professor of Sanskrit and South Asian Studies at the Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies, Columbia University...
, 2009, ISBN 0-8147-6755-9
- Bhatti’s Poem: The Death of Rávana by Bhaṭṭi. 566 pp, Oliver Fallon, 2009, ISBN 0-8147-2778-6
- On Self-Surrender, Compassion, and the Mission of a Goose: Sanskrit Poetry from the South by Appayya Dīkṣita
Appayya Dikshita , 1520–1593 CE, was a performer of yajñas as well as an expositor and practitioner of the Advaita Vedanta school of Hindu philosophy but however, with a focus on Shiva or Siva Advaita.-Life:...
and VedāntadeśikaVedanta Desika was a Sri Vaishnava Guru. He was a poet, devotee, philosopher and master-teacher...
, Yigal Bronner & David Shulman, 2009, ISBN 0-8147-4110-8
DramaThe earliest-surviving fragments of Sanskrit drama date from the 1st century CE. The Mahābhāṣya by Patañjali contains the earliest reference to what may have been the seeds of Sanskrit drama. This treatise on grammar from 140 BCE provides a feasible date for the beginnings of theatre in India.Its...
- The Lady of the Jewel Necklace
Ratnavali is a Sanskrit drama about a beautiful princess named Ratnavali, and a great king named Udayana. It is attributed to the Indian emperor Harsha . It is a Natika in four acts. One of the first textual references to the celebration of Holi, the festival of Colours have been found in this text...
and The Lady who Shows her LovePriyadarsika is a Sanskrit play attributed to king Harsha .-External links:*, translated by G. K. Nariman and A. V. Williams Jackson...
(Ratnāvalī and Priyadarśikā) by {{IASTHarsha or Harsha Vardhana or Harshvardhan was an Indian emperor who ruled northern India from 606 to 647 AD. He was the son of Prabhakara Vardhana and younger brother of Rajya Vardhana, a king of Thanesar, Haryana...
: 514pp, Wendy Doniger, 2007, ISBN 978-0-8147-1996-1
- Much Ado About Religion ({{IAST|Āgamaḍambara}}) by {{IAST
Jayanta Bhatta was a Kashmiri poet and philosopher of Nyaya school of Indian philosophy. In his philosophical treatise Nyayamanjari and drama Agamadambara, Jayanta mentioned about the king Shankaravarman as his contemporary...
: 320 pp, Csaba Dezső, 2005, ISBN 0-8147-1979-1
- Rákshasa’s Ring ({{IAST
The Mudrarakshasa , a historical play in Sanskrit by Vishakhadatta in late 4th or early 5th century narrates the ascent of the king Chandragupta Maurya to power in Northern India.-Origin:...
) by Viśākhadatta: 385 pp, Michael Coulson, 2005, ISBN 0-8147-1661-X
- Rama Beyond Price (Anargharāghava
The Anargharāghava is a dramatised retelling of the Ramayana, and one of the most challenging pieces of classical Sanskrit poetry....
) by Murāri: 638 pp, Judit Törzsök, 2006, ISBN 0-8147-8295-7
- The Recognition of Shakúntala
Abhijñānashākuntala or Abhijñānaśākuntalam) , is a well-known Sanskrit play by Kālidāsa. Its date is uncertain, but Kalidasa is often placed in the period between the 1st century BCE and 4th century CE....
(Abhijñānaśākuntala, Kashmir Recension) by KālidāsaKālidāsa was a renowned Classical Sanskrit writer, widely regarded as the greatest poet and dramatist in the Sanskrit language...
: 419 pp, Somadeva Vasudeva, 2006, ISBN 0-8147-8815-7
- Rama’s Last Act (Uttararāmacarita) by Bhavabhūti
Bhavabhuti was an 8th century scholar of India noted for his plays and poetry, written in Sanskrit. His plays are considered equivalent to the works of Kalidasa...
: 458 pp, Sheldon I. Pollock, with a foreword by Girish Karnad, 2007, ISBN 978-0-8147-6733-7
- How the Nagas were Pleased
Nagananda is a Sanskrit play attributed to king Harsha .Nagananda is one of the best Sanskrit dramas in five acts dealing with the popular story of Jimutavahana's self-sacrifice to save the Nagas...
(Nāgānanda) by Harṣa and The Shattered Thighs ({{IAST|Ūrubhaṅga}}) by BhāsaBhāsa is one of the earliest and most celebrated Indian playwrights in Sanskrit. However, very little is known about him.Kālidāsa in the introduction to his first play Malavikagnimitram writes -...
: 376 pp, Andrew Skilton, 2009, ISBN 0-8147-4066-9
- Little Clay Cart by Śūdraka. Foreword by Partha Chatterjee
Partha Chatterjee is a Subaltern Studies and Postcolonial scholar. He is a multi-disciplinary scholar, with special emphasis on political science, anthropology and history. Chatterjee received Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize in 2009 for his contributions in Academics.-Education:He completed a B.A...
: 674 pp, Diwakar Acharya, 2009, ISBN 0-8147-0729-7
- How Úrvashi Was Won by Kālidāsa
Kālidāsa was a renowned Classical Sanskrit writer, widely regarded as the greatest poet and dramatist in the Sanskrit language...
: 566 pp, Velcheru Narayana Rao & David Shulman, 2009, ISBN 0-8147-2778-6
- The Quartet of Causeries by Śūdraka, Śyāmilaka, Vararuci
Vararuci is a name associated with several literary and scientific texts in Sanskrit and also with various legends in several parts of India. This Vararuci is often identified with Kātyāyana...
& Īśvaradatta, Csaba Dezső & Somadeva Vasudeva, 2009, ISBN 0-8147-1978-7
Other narrative
- The Emperor of the Sorcerers ({{IAST|Bṛhatkathāślokasaṃgraha}}) by Budhasvāmin
Budhasvamin , was a Sanskrit poet, known as the author of the , or The Compilation of Verses from the Long Story. Nothing is known of his life....
(volume one): 452 pp, Sir James Mallinson, 2005, ISBN 0-8147-5701-4
- The Emperor of the Sorcerers ({{IAST|Bṛhatkathāślokasaṃgraha}}) by Budhasvāmin
Budhasvamin , was a Sanskrit poet, known as the author of the , or The Compilation of Verses from the Long Story. Nothing is known of his life....
(volume two): 467 pp, Sir James Mallinson, 2005, ISBN 0-8147-5707-3
- The Epitome of Queen Lilávati (Līlāvatīsāra) by Jinaratna
Jinaratna was a Jain scholar monk who composed Līlāvatīsāra. He completed his poem in the year 1285 CE in Jabaliputra, western India,...
(volume one): 543 pp, R.C.C. Fynes, 2005, ISBN 0-8147-2741-7
- The Epitome of Queen Lilávati (Līlāvatīsāra) Jinaratna
Jinaratna was a Jain scholar monk who composed Līlāvatīsāra. He completed his poem in the year 1285 CE in Jabaliputra, western India,...
(volume two): 650 pp, R.C.C. Fynes, 2006, ISBN 0-8147-2742-5
- Five Discourses on Worldly Wisdom
The Panchatantra is an ancient Indian inter-related collection of animal fables in verse and prose, in a frame story format. The original Sanskrit work, which some scholars believe was composed in the 3rd century BCE, is attributed to Vishnu Sharma...
(Pañcatantra) by {{IASTVishnu Sharma was an Indian scholar and author who is believed to have written the Panchatantra collection of fables. The exact period of the composition of the Panchatantra is uncertain, and estimates vary from 1200 BCE to 300 CE...
: 562 pp, Patrick Olivelle, 2006, ISBN 0-8147-6208-5
- Heavenly Exploits
The Divyāvadāna, or Divine Stories, is an anthology of Buddhist tales, many originating in the Mūlasarvāstivāda vinaya texts. The stories themselves are therefore quite ancient and may be among the first Buddhist texts ever committed to writing, but this particular collection of them is not...
(Divyāvadāna): 444 pp, Joel Tatelman, 2005, ISBN 0-8147-8288-4
- The Ocean of the Rivers of Story
Kathasaritsagara is a famous 11th-century collection of Indian legends, fairy tales and folk tales as retold by a Saivite Brahmin named Somadeva....
(Kathāsaritsāgara) by Somadeva (volume one of seven): 556 pp, Sir James Mallinson, 2007, ISBN 978-0-8147-8816-5
- The Ocean of the Rivers of Story
Kathasaritsagara is a famous 11th-century collection of Indian legends, fairy tales and folk tales as retold by a Saivite Brahmin named Somadeva....
(Kathāsaritsāgara) by Somadeva (volume two of seven): 608 pp, Sir James Mallinson, 2009, ISBN 0-8147-9558-7
- What Ten Young Men Did (Daśakumāracarita) by {{IAST
Daṇḍin is a 6th-7th century Sanskrit author of prose romances and expounder on poetics. Although he produced literature on his own, most notably the Daśakumāracarita, first translated in 1927 as Hindoo Tales, or The Adventures of the Ten Princes, he is best known for composing the Kāvyādarśa , the...
: 651 pp, Isabelle Onians, 2005, ISBN 0-8147-6206-9
- “Friendly Advice”
Hitopadesha is a collection of Sanskrit fables in prose and verse written in the 12 century C.E. It is an independent treatment of the Panchatantra...
and “King Víkrama’s Adventures” (Hitopadeśa and Vikramacarita) by {{IAST: 742 pp, Judit Törzsök, 2007, ISBN 978-0-8147-8305-4
- Handsome Nanda (Saundarananda) by {{IAST|Aśvaghoṣa
' was an Indian philosopher-poet, born in Saketa in northern India to a Brahmin family. He is believed to have been the first Sanskrit dramatist, and is considered the greatest Indian poet prior to Kālidāsa. He was the most famous in a group of Buddhist court writers, whose epics rivaled the...
}}: 392 pp, Linda Covill, 2007, ISBN 978-0-8147-1683-0
- Life of the Buddha
Buddhacharita is an epic poem in the Sanskrit mahakavya style on the life of Gautama Buddha by , composed in the 2nd century AD...
by {{IAST|Aśvaghoṣa' was an Indian philosopher-poet, born in Saketa in northern India to a Brahmin family. He is believed to have been the first Sanskrit dramatist, and is considered the greatest Indian poet prior to Kālidāsa. He was the most famous in a group of Buddhist court writers, whose epics rivaled the...
}}: 561 pp, Patrick Olivelle, 2008, ISBN 978-0-8147-6216-5
- Garland of the Buddha’s Past Lives (volume one of two) by Āryaśūra: 548 pp, Justin Meiland, 2009, ISBN 0-8147-9581-1
To Appear in August 2009
Garland of the Buddha’s Past Lives (volume two of two) by Āryaśūra, Justin Meiland.
Princess Kadámbari (volume one of three) by BāṇaBāṇabhaṭṭa , also known as Bāṇa, was a Sanskrit scholar and poet of India. He was the Asthana Kavi in the court of King Harshavardhana, who reigned in the years c. 606–647 CE in north India...
, David Smith.
Málavika and Agni·mitra by KālidāsaKālidāsa was a renowned Classical Sanskrit writer, widely regarded as the greatest poet and dramatist in the Sanskrit language...
, Daniel Balogh & Eszter Somogyi.
Seven Hundred Elegant Verses by Govardhaṇa, Friedhelm HardyFriedhelm Ernst Hardy also known as Fred Hardy was Professor of Indian Religions, teaching at King's College London. He was a linguist familiar with both classical and modern Indian languages, described in his obituary as "unrivalled in this country and possibly anywhere in the world today"...
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The Rise of Wisdom Moon by Kṛṣṇamiśra, Matthew Kapstein.