The Four Hundred Songs Of War And Wisdom

Author : George L. Hart,Hank Heifetz
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2002-08-21
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780231512527

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The Four Hundred Songs of War and Wisdom by George L. Hart,Hank Heifetz Pdf

Two prominent translators present the first complete English-language edition of one of India's greatest works of classical literature: the Purananuru. 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 ancient Tamilnadu—was composed before Aryan influence had penetrated the south. It is thus a unique testament to pre-Aryan India. Beyond its importance for understanding the development of South Asia's history, culture, religion, and linguistics, the Purananuru is a great work of literature, reflecting accurately and profoundly the life of southern India 2,000 years ago. One of the few works of classical India that confronts life without the insulation of a philosophical facade and that makes no basic assumptions about karma and the afterlife, the Purananuru has universal appeal. It faces the world as a great and unsolved mystery, delving into living and dying, despair, love, poverty, and the changing nature of existence. To this hidden gem of world literature George L. Hart and Hank Heifetz add a helpful appendix, an annotated bibliography, and an excellent introduction describing the work and placing it in its social and historical context.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Tamil poetry
ISBN : OCLC:1391518443

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The Four Hundred Songs of War and Wisdom by Anonim Pdf

Author : George Luzerne Hart,Hank Heifetz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Pur̲anān̲ūr̲u
ISBN : 0143028979

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The Pur̲̱anān̲̱ūr̲̱u by George Luzerne Hart,Hank Heifetz Pdf

'This translation...is a remarkable achievement, at once eloquent and immensely moving, and deserving of unstinting praise.' --R. Parthasarathy, translator of the Cilappatikaram The Purananuru, one of the oldest extant Tamil anthologies, was compiled almost two thousand years ago, between the first and third centuries C.E. One of the eight Sangam anthologies, it consists of four hundred poems, of more than 150 poets. This translation is the first complete English-language edition of the anthology. One of the few classical works that confronts life without a philosophical facade, making no basic assumptions about karma and the afterlife, The Purananuru has universal appeal. Unique for its freshness and directness of expression, its poems delve into the mysteries of living and dying, despair, love, poverty, and the changeable nature of existence, vividly depicting life in pre-Aryan southern India. Authentic and accessible, this exceptional rendering by a distinguished Tamil scholar and a noted poet will delight scholars and lay readers alike.

Author : Zaheer Ali
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2023-12-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781003830962

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Secularism Under Siege by Zaheer Ali Pdf

This anthology makes a discerning attempt to bring into focus myriad dimensions of secularism and the foremost impediments to its attainment. The scholars who contributed to this volume have underscored that the disconnect between a modern-secular state and a conservative society is detrimental to recognizing an ideal secular-democratic polity. Then there is the burden of the past centuries that independent India has to carry on its young shoulders. The political factions in India invent their own historical narratives to advance their political agenda coupled with political and economic arguments leading to social dissensions and communal hatred, the ugliest manifestation of which is communal violence that occasionally takes on the form of anti-minority pogroms. The academic critiques of the concept of secularism and its correlated premises belted in this volume shall be of assistance not only to the scholars but also to the students of social sciences and the conscientious readers interested in knowing about the current socio-political milieu. This title is co-published with Aakar Books. Print editions not for sale in South Asia (India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Bhutan)

Author : C. T. Indra,R. Rajagopalan
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2017-11-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351335959

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Language, Culture and Power by C. T. Indra,R. Rajagopalan Pdf

This volume examines the relationship between language and power across cultural boundaries. It evaluates the vital role of translation in redefining culture and ethnic identity. During the first phase of colonialism, mid-18th to late-19th century, the English-speaking missionaries and East India Company functionaries in South India were impelled to master Tamil, the local language, in order to transact their business. Tamil also comprised ancient classical literary works, especially ethical and moral literature, which were found especially suited to the preferences of Christian missionaries. This interface between English and Tamil acted as a conduit for cultural transmission among different groups. The essays in this volume explore the symbiotic relation between English and Tamil during the late colonial and postcolonial as also the modernist and the postmodernist periods. The book showcases the modernity of contemporary Tamil culture as reflected in its literary and artistic productions — poetry, fiction, short fiction and drama — and outlines the aesthetics, philosophy and methodology of these translations. This volume and its companion (which looks at the period between 1750 to 1900 CE) cover the late colonial and postcolonial era and will be of interest to students, scholars and researchers of translation studies, literature, linguistics, sociology and social anthropology, South Asian studies, colonial and postcolonial studies, literary and critical theory as well as culture studies.

Author : Sunzi
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 0231133820

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The Art of War by Sunzi Pdf

Chinese military strategy written during the sixth century BC by Sun Zi, and is considered to be one of the oldest definitive works on military strategies and tactics of its time.

Author : Anthony J. Nocella,Colin Salter,Judy K.C. Bentley
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2013-12-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780739186527

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Animals and War by Anthony J. Nocella,Colin Salter,Judy K.C. Bentley Pdf

Animals and War: Confronting the Military-Animal Industrial Complex is the first book to examine how nonhuman animals are used for war by military forces. Each chapter delves deeply into modes of nonhuman animal exploitation: as weapons, test subjects, and transportation, and as casualties of war leading to homelessness, starvation, and death. With leading scholar-activists writing each chapter, this is an important text in the fields of peace studies and critical animal studies. This is a must read for anyone interested in ending war and fostering peace and justice.

Author : Jyoti Bhusan Das Gupta
Publisher : Pearson Education India
Page : 928 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Imperialism
ISBN : 8131708519

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Science, Technology, Imperialism, and War by Jyoti Bhusan Das Gupta Pdf

The Volume Science, Technology, Imperialism And War Interlinks The Concerned Themes To Present A Coherent Analyssis Of The Development Of Related Ideas And Institutions In The Subcontinent. The Chapters On Science, Therefore, Look At The Cognitive And Socio-Historical Aspects Of Science, Relating The Same With The Establishment And Spread Of Imperialism In India; With Its Application To Develop Technologies; And With The Use Of Such Technologies To Fund The Major Preoccupation Of Imperialism - War. Likewise, The Section On Technology Leads The Reader To A Search For Its Very Probable Links With Imperialism And War. The Section On Imperialism Offers Four Themes In The Edited Volume: The First One Deals With Its Theories; The Second With Its Link With Colonialism; And The Third And The Fourth Follow Its Manifestation In The Russian And British Adventures-Chiefly In Central Asia And India. The Depecdence Of Imperialism On War Looms Large. War, The Concluding Theme Of This Exercise, Is The Saturation Point Of Himan Efforts To Subjugate And Dominate Others. The Scholars Writing In This Section Critically Survey The Various Kinds Of War-Conventional, Linited And Nuclear-And A Detailed And Insightful Analysis Of The Cold War By The Editor Completes The Picture. This Volume Will Prove Invaluable To Scholars And Students Of South Asian Studies, History, Political Science And International Relations, And Defence Studies Alike.

Author : A. K. Ramanujan
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 9780231157353

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Poems of Love and War by A. K. Ramanujan Pdf

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Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Asia
ISBN : IND:30000088006808

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Asian Studies Newsletter by Anonim Pdf

Author : Peter Schalk,A. Veluppillai
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Religion
ISBN : UVA:X006133853

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Buddhism Among Tamils in Pre-colonial Tamiḻakam and Īḻam: The period of the imperial Cōla̲r: Tamiḻakam and Īla̲m by Peter Schalk,A. Veluppillai Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Buddhism
ISBN : UCLA:L0083721662

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Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : English imprints
ISBN : UCBK:C081616195

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Translation Review by Anonim Pdf

Author : Peter McMillan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : UOM:39015073666821

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One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each by Peter McMillan Pdf

"Compiled in the thirteenth century, the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu is one of Japan's most quoted and illustrated works, as influential to the development of Japanese literary traditions as The Tale of Genji and The Tales of Ise. The text is an anthology of one hundred waka poems, each written by a different poet from the seventh century to the middle of the thirteenth, which is when Fujiwara no Teika, a renowned poet and scholar, assembled and edited the collection. The book features poems by high-ranking court officials and members of the imperial family, and each is composed in the waka form of five lines with five syllables in the first and third lines and seven syllables in the second, fourth, and fifth (waka is a precursor of haiku). Despite their similarity in composition, these poems evoke a wide range of emotions and imagery, and touch on themes as varied as frost settling on a bridge of magpie wings and the continuity of the imperial line."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Kristina Ann Youso
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 824 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Architecture, Ancient
ISBN : UCAL:$C148539

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Power in Stone by Kristina Ann Youso Pdf