{"product_id":"ten-indian-classics-murty-classical-library-of-india","title":"Ten Indian Classics (Murty Classical Library of India)","description":"“The Murty Classical Library of India sifts through multiple languages and thousands of years to bring a nation’s literary treasures to English-language readers.” ―Wall Street Journal\n\nRomantic ghazals and devotional quatrains, medieval battles and separated lovers, Buddhist women on their journeys toward nirvana and Ram’s battle against a demon army to rescue Sita―all this and more can be found in the Murty Classical Library of India’s Ten Indian Classics.\n\nBeginning in the sixth century B.C.E. and coming up to the eighteenth century, spanning the Indian subcontinent, the selections in this anthology include some of the oldest women’s writing in the world, exquisite Sanskrit court poems, verses from the Sikh sacred tradition recited by millions around the world, the renowned chronicle of the Mughal emperor Akbar, and Tulsidas’s retelling of the epic Ramayana that is cherished in north India to this day. Here, too, are the poems of Surdas, Mir Taqi Mir, and Bullhe Shah, which continue to inspire artists today and live on in contemporary music.\n\nThe anthology showcases original translations by leading experts from a vast array of India’s literary traditions: Hindi, Kannada, Pali, Panjabi, Persian, Sanskrit, Telugu, and Urdu. With a foreword by the award-winning poet and translator Ranjit Hoskote, Ten Indian Classics is an invitation to readers worldwide to immerse themselves in a literary tradition that continues to shape modern South Asian culture and aesthetics in all its stunning diversity.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0674297148\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0674297148.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:India, Murty Classical Library of|Hoskote, Ranjit\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Pages are clean with no markings. May show minor signs of wear or cosmetic defects  marks, cuts, bends, or scuffs  on the cover, spine, pages, or dust jacket. May have remainder marks on edges.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41561419350074,"sku":"DBV.0674297148.VG","price":26.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0674297148-0.jpg?v=1785207924","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/ten-indian-classics-murty-classical-library-of-india","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}