H.H Wilson
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In 1805 H.T. Colebrooke, wrote an elaborate essay on the Vedas in the Asiatic Researches. This essay created a lot of interest in Europe to take up Vedic studies seriously. The efforts to study were directed towards three points: 1. Critical editions of the Vedic text. 2. Translations of those texts and. 3. Study of those texts in order to get acquainted with ancient Indian Culture and Philosophy. It was H.H. Wilson, who for the first time translated entirely the ...
The Meghaduta of widely known for the deep expression of the pangs and miseries of a Yaksha separated from his sweet heart at Alakapuri in the Himalayas. A beautifully personified ‘Cloud’ is requested to serve as a messenger of Yaksha to communicate his message of love from Ramagiri is Central India to Alakapuri where his beloved is spending her days of separation in agony. In this book Prof. Wilson’s translation of the Sanskrit Lyric into beautiful English ...
The literature of the Hindus has now been cultivated for many years with singular diligence, and in many of its branches with eminent success. There are some departments, however, which are yet but partially and imperfectly investigated; and we are far from being in possession of that knowledge which the authentic writings of the Hindus alone can give us of their religion, mythology, and historical traditions.
The Dasakumara-charita is a Katha type of prose-poetic of romance written styled prose of Banabhatta, he found inspiration in the Brhatkatha to write on social themes embodying tales of adventure and romance of the ten princes, who are the heroes of this work. The framework of the narratives is simple. It relates to ten princes, sons of ministers included, who got separated with a plan to meet at Ujjayini again. Dandin shows in this romance great powers of ...
The Purana literature as ascribed to Vedavyasa are uniformly stated to the eighteen in number, are also works of evidently different ages, and have been compiled under different circumstances, the precise nature of which we can but imperfectly conjecture from internal evidence, and from what we know of the history of religious opinion in India. The Visnu Purana. That in which Parasara, beginning with event of the Varaha Kalp, expounds all duties, is called the ...