Messenger Poems

Sanskrit Messenger poems evoke the pain of separated sweethearts through the formula of an estranged lover pleading with a messenger to take a message to his or her beloved. The plea includes a lyrical description of the route the messenger will take and the message itself. The first was the Cloud Messenger, composed by Sanskrit's finest poet, Kali-dasa, in the fifth century CE. This inspired the next, the Wind Messenger, composed in praise of King L kshmana-sena of Gauda (Bengal) in the twelfth century by Dhoyi, one of his court poets. Numerous more followed, including the third in the CSL selection, the sixteenth-century Swan Messenger, composed in Bengal by Rupa Go-svamin, a devotee of Krishna.
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Author: Kali Dasa, Dhoyi, Rupa Gosvamin
Publisher: Clay Sanskrit
Published: 06/01/2006
Pages: 440
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 6.50h x 4.20w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780814757147

About the Author
Mallinson, James: - Sir James Mallinson translates and edits Sanskrit literature full time for the JJC Foundation, co-publishers (with NYU Press) of the Clay Sanskrit Library.