A History Of Indian Literature, Volume Iii: Classical Sanskrit Literature, Fasc. 1: A History Of Classical Poetry, Sanskrit - Pali - Prakrit
by Siegfried Lienhard /
1984 / English / PDF
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Table of contents :
Cover......Page 1
Titel......Page 2
Series Titel......Page 3
Cobyright......Page 5
Peface......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
CHAPTER I: 1. An Introduction to Kavya Literature......Page 9
2. The Poetic Process......Page 12
3. The Poet......Page 21
4. The Training of a Poet......Page 27
5. The Creative Process......Page 30
6. Readers and Critics......Page 39
7. Original and Imitative Writing......Page 51
8. The Classification of Literature......Page 53
9. The Periods, Chronology and Extent of Classical Poetry......Page 56
1. The Beginning of the Kavya Tradition......Page 61
2. Epic Poetry. The Ramayana......Page 65
3. Lyrical Tendencies......Page 69
1. Introductory Remarks......Page 73
2. The Single-Stanza Poem (muktaka). Introduction......Page 75
3. Single-Stanza Poetry......Page 83
4. Multiple-Stanza Poems. Introduction......Page 112
5. Multiple-Stanza Poetry a) Secular Lyrical Poetry......Page 115
b) Religious Poetry......Page 136
6. Other Species of Short Poetry Riddles and Carmina Figurata......Page 158
1. Introductory Remarks......Page 167
2. The Sargabandha......Page 170
3. Sargabandhas before Kalidasa......Page 172
4. The Six Great Sargabandhas......Page 179
5. Other Sargabandhas a) Poetry after Kalidasa......Page 205
b) Jaina Poetry......Page 220
c) Poems with Historical Themes......Page 224
d) Yamaka- and Slesakavyas......Page 231
e) Sastrakavya......Page 234
1. Akhyayika and Katha......Page 237
2. Dandin, Subandhu and Bana......Page 243
3. Later Prose Poets......Page 266
1. Introductory Remarks......Page 274
2. The Poems......Page 275
Conclusion......Page 282
2. Periodicals......Page 284
3. Series, publishing houses and often quoted books......Page 286
Autors Index......Page 288
Works Index......Page 293
General Index......Page 300
