<span><p>The poems of ancient Tamil are one of India's most important contributions to world literature. Presented here in English translation is a selection of roughly three hundred poems from five of the earliest poetic anthologies of classical Tamil literature. These lyrical poems are intimately
Poems of love and war : from the Eight anthologies and the Ten long poems of classical Tamil
โ Scribed by A. K. Ramanujan
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 352
- Series
- Oxford India paperbacks
- Edition
- New ed.
- Category
- Library
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The poems of ancient Tamil are one of India's most important contributions to world literature. Presented here in English translation is a selection of roughly three hundred poems from five of the earliest poetic anthologies of classical Tamil literature. These lyrical poems are intimately related t
<p>The poems of ancient Tamil are one of India's most important contributions to world literature. Presented here in English translation is a selection of roughly three hundred poems from five of the earliest poetic anthologies of classical Tamil literature. These lyrical poems are intimately relate
Two prominent translators present the first complete English-language edition of one of India's greatest works of classical literature: the <i>Purananuru.</i> This anthology of four hundred poems by more than 150 poets between the first and third centuries CE in old Tamil--the literary language of a
<P>Thisextraordinary collection of poems—covering thirty centuries of poetry fromaround the world—celebrates the erotic spirit in all its forms, from thepassion of sexual desire to the intense longing for spiritual union. Beginningwith anonymous Egyptian love songs from the fifteenth cen