Indian Poetry. Containing ‘The Indian Song of Songs’, from the Sanskrit of the Gîta Govinda of Jayadeva; Two Books from ‘The Iliad of India’ (Mahábhárata); ‘Proverbial Wisdom’ from the shlokas of the Hitopadesa and Other Oriental Poems.(Trübner’s Oriental


  • Author: Edwin Arnold
  • A scholar of Europe as well as the Orient, Sir Edwin Arnold began a teaching career in England after graduating from Oxford, and soon took a position as principal of a school in India. Here, he learned Sanskrit, Persian, Arabic, and Turkish, and acquired the knowledge which enabled him to write The Light of Asia, or The Great Renunciation, a book of verses on the Buddha's life and teachings. Although controversial among scholars, the book won tremendous commercial success. Arnold was regarded by many as a poet only of Oriental culture until he published a similar work on Christ, The Light of the World, or The Great Consummation.

  • ISBN: 9780543790422
  • ISBN: 9780543790415
  • Book details: This Elibron Classics title is a reprint of the original edition published by Trübner & Co. in London, 1884. This book is in English. This book contains 278 pages.
  • Edition: Elibron Classics
  • Book ID: 10026482
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