The Seduction of Shiva- Tales of Life and Love (Penguin Classics)

Details:-
Publisher: Penguin Books India Pvt. Ltd.
Author: A.N.D Haksar
Language: English
Pages: 253
Cover: PAPERBACK
Dimension: 20.5 cm x 12.5 cm
Weight: 190 gm
Edition: 2014
ISBN: 9780143415404

About the Book:-

The tales presented here have been translated directly from the original Sanskrit. The ancient language is mainly associated in modern popular perception with religion and philosophy. That it is of course much more, and its vast literature also ranges over worldly life, love and human relations like that of all great languages, is an aspect this presentation endeavours to highlight.

The stories in this collection have been drawn together, perhaps on a first occasion, from a cross section of Sanskrit literature spread over a considerable time span with a wide variety in its nature, form and content. Their settings vary from the mundane to the celestial, but each touches in its own way on emotions, unparalleled beauty like a young lion. This was none other than Dhanvantari, the expounder of the Ayurveda.' In his hands was the pitcher filled with amrit.