Memory, Metaphor and Mysticism in Kalidasa's AbhijñanaSakuntalam (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Chaturvedi, Namrata

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

As an ancient Indian poet-dramatist, Kalidasa cannot be absorbed into the homogenizing tendencies of Hindu hagiography, as has often been attempted, especially in the period after independence. From being projected as a Brahmin by birth in legends, a Vedantist and Vaishnavite in darsana (theology), and more recently, owing to Western theoretical perspectives being applied to texts separated in time and contexts, Kalidasa is critiqued for a patriarchal and casteist outlook. These various readings have privileged personal theories and validated them by reading literary texts in certain ways. 'Memory, Metaphor and Mysticism in Kalidasa's 'AbhijñanaSakuntalam'' brings together scholars from both sides of the globe who offer possibilities for reviewing this text, not as an Oriental discovery or a cultural property, but as an ancient literary text that can be read in multiple philosophical contexts. Further, the translations of 'AbhijñanaSakuntalam' into South Asian languages like Urdu and Nepali and a classical language like Persian are also included for detailed study for understanding the impact of this text in the respective literary traditions of these languages, and to assess the actual cross-literary dialogue that this text made, without hyperboles and generalizations, given the fact that many of these translation happened just before and after independence when literary historiography and nation writing project went hand in hand in India.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. März 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781785273223
• Artikelnr.: 58988417

Autorenporträt

Namrata Chaturvedi is associate professor, School of Language, Literature and Culture Studies, SRM University, Sikkim.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments; Introduction, Namrata Chaturvedi; Section I: Metre, Structure and Dhvani; 1. 'Upam
K
lid
sasya': What Makes K
lid
sa the King of Metaphor, Ramkishor Maholiya; 2. What Happens in '
akuntal
': Conceptual and Formal Symmetries, Sheldon Pollock; 3. From Separation to Unity: Resonances of Kashmir
aivism in 'Abhijñ
nä
kuntalam', H. S. Shivaprakash and Namrata Chaturvedi; 4. '
akuntal
' and the Bible: Parallels and Resonances, Felix Wilfred; Section II: Commentaries and Criticism; 5. Love on One's Terms: Perspectives on 'G
ndharva Viv
ha' in 'Abhijñ
nä
kuntalam', Wagish Shukla; 6. 'Abhijñ
nä
kuntalam' in Indian Hermeneutics, Radhavallabh Tripathi; 7. The Seeker Finds His Self: Reading 'S
r
rthad
pik
', the Advaita Commentary on 'Abhijñ
nä
kuntalam', Godabarisha Mishra; Section III: Varied Grammars of Love; 8. 'Not a Tale, but a Lesson': Persian Translations of K
l
d
sa's 'Abhijñ
nä
kuntalam', Sunil Sharma; 9.
akuntala in Hindustani: Reading select Urdu translations of 'Abhijñ
nä
kuntalam', Khalid Alvi; 10. Dialogue between Two 'Mah
kavis': K
lid
sa and Laxmi Prasad Devkota's Three '
akuntal
s', Gokul Sinha; Section IV: On the Stage: Personal Engagements with a Lived Tradition; 11. Staging '
akuntal
' in India: Observations and Reflections, Kamlesh Dutt Tripathi; 12. From the Stage to the Classroom: Engagement with '
akuntal
', Sreenivas Murthy; Index.