{"product_id":"poems-on-life-and-love-in-ancient-india-hlas-sattasa-9780791493922","title":"Poems on Life and Love in Ancient India: H\u0026#257;la's Sattasa\u0026#299;","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe oldest surviving anthology of lyric poems from India, the Sattasai presents the many aspects of love and provides a realistic counterpart to the Kāmasūtra.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn elegant translation of the \u003ci\u003eSattasaī\u003c\/i\u003e (or Seven Hundred), India's earliest collection of lyric poetry, Poems on Life and Love in Ancient India deals with love in its many aspects. Mostly narrated by women, the poems reveal the world of local Indian village life sometime between the third and fifth centuries. The \u003ci\u003eSattasaī\u003c\/i\u003e offers a more realistic counterpart to that notorious theoretical treatise on love the \u003ci\u003eKāmasūtra\u003c\/i\u003e, which presents a cosmopolitan and calculating milieu. Translators Peter Khoroche and Herman Tieken introduce the main features of the work in its own language and time. For modern readers, these short, self-contained poems are a treat: the sentiments they depict remain affecting and contemporary while providing a window into a world long past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/10\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780791493922\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.40w x 0.60d","brand":"Peter Khoroche","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51894759063733,"sku":"9780791493922","price":23.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_e760a9b0-a7b9-48b0-bce9-86bd19dd0e09.jpg?v=1760491123","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/poems-on-life-and-love-in-ancient-india-hlas-sattasa-9780791493922","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}