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"In the Great God's Hair, by F. W. Bain." (Quote from sacred-texts.com)
Table of Contents:
Publisher's Preface; Preface; Prologue; A Denier Of Deity; A Rajpoot Marriage; Water-lily; A God And A Mortal; Man's Other Half; Wild Flowers; Out Of A Former Birth; The Illusion Of Beauty; The Two Kings; A Pariah Dog; A Red Lotus; The Wind And The Leaves; A King And Queen; Love The Fisherman; A Woman's Lord; A God Abashed; Nectar; The Favour Of Fortune; The Triumph Of Beauty; Epilogue
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Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, Esoteric and Mythology. www.forgottenbooks.org
Forgotten Books is about sharing information, not about making money. All books are priced at wholesale prices. We are also the only publisher we know of to print in large sans-serif font, which is proven to make the text easier to read and put less strain on your eyes.
"In the Great God's Hair, by F. W. Bain." (Quote from sacred-texts.com)
Table of Contents:
Publisher's Preface; Preface; Prologue; A Denier Of Deity; A Rajpoot Marriage; Water-lily; A God And A Mortal; Man's Other Half; Wild Flowers; Out Of A Former Birth; The Illusion Of Beauty; The Two Kings; A Pariah Dog; A Red Lotus; The Wind And The Leaves; A King And Queen; Love The Fisherman; A Woman's Lord; A God Abashed; Nectar; The Favour Of Fortune; The Triumph Of Beauty; Epilogue
About the Publisher:
Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, Esoteric and Mythology. www.forgottenbooks.org
Forgotten Books is about sharing information, not about making money. All books are priced at wholesale prices. We are also the only publisher we know of to print in large sans-serif font, which is proven to make the text easier to read and put less strain on your eyes.
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"Francis William Bain (1863 - 1940) was a British writer of fantasy stories that he claimed were translated from Sanskrit. The first of these was A Digit of the Moon (1898), which Bain claimed was his translation of the eighth part of sixteen of a Sanskrit manuscript given to him by a brahmin. In the story, the king Suryakanta falls in love with the wise and beautiful princess Anangaraga, who will marry only the suitor who asks her a question she cannot answer. The king, with his clever friend Rasakosha, sets off to win the hand of the princess. During Bain's life, argument raged about whether the story was truly a translation or whether Bain had written it himself. A contemporary review said, in part: Though palpably a pretence, they are graceful fancies, and might as well have appeared for what they really are instead of masquerading as "translations". No Hindu, unless of this generation and under foreign influence, ever conceived these stories. . . . Moveover, they are of a strict propriety, whereas original Hindu love stories would put Rabelais's ghost to the blush. The book contains numerous footnotes referring to Sanskrit puns and wordplay that the author claimed to have been unable to render in English. A Digit of the Moon was followed by a number of other stories in the same mode: Syrup of the Bees, Bubbles of the Foam, Essence of the Dusk, Ashes of a God, Mine of Faults, Heifer of the Dawn, and others. Bain was for a number of years a fellow of All Souls College at Oxford, and then a professor of History in the Deccan College of Pune, in British India, until his retirement in 1919." (Quote from wikipedia.org)
"Francis William Bain (1863 - 1940) was a British writer of fantasy stories that he claimed were translated from Sanskrit. The first of these was A Digit of the Moon (1898), which Bain claimed was his translation of the eighth part of sixteen of a Sanskrit manuscript given to him by a brahmin. In the story, the king Suryakanta falls in love with the wise and beautiful princess Anangaraga, who will marry only the suitor who asks her a question she cannot answer. The king, with his clever friend Rasakosha, sets off to win the hand of the princess. During Bain's life, argument raged about whether the story was truly a translation or whether Bain had written it himself. A contemporary review said, in part: Though palpably a pretence, they are graceful fancies, and might as well have appeared for what they really are instead of masquerading as "translations". No Hindu, unless of this generation and under foreign influence, ever conceived these stories. . . . Moveover, they are of a strict propriety, whereas original Hindu love stories would put Rabelais's ghost to the blush. The book contains numerous footnotes referring to Sanskrit puns and wordplay that the author claimed to have been unable to render in English. A Digit of the Moon was followed by a number of other stories in the same mode: Syrup of the Bees, Bubbles of the Foam, Essence of the Dusk, Ashes of a God, Mine of Faults, Heifer of the Dawn, and others. Bain was for a number of years a fellow of All Souls College at Oxford, and then a professor of History in the Deccan College of Pune, in British India, until his retirement in 1919." (Quote from wikipedia.org)
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- EditoreForgotten Books
- Data di pubblicazione2008
- ISBN 10 1605066753
- ISBN 13 9781605066752
- RilegaturaCopertina flessibile
- Numero di pagine76
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