Manimekhalai: The Dancer With the Magic Bowl - Hardcover
A second-century Tamil verse epic reflects the ancient culture of India in the story of a beautiful young dancer who abandons her future as a courtesan in order to dedicate her life to the pursuit of "the bright light of knowledge"
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Rich with details of the period's arts, customs, and religions, the Manimekhalai provides an extraordinary picture of an age that suddenly comes back to life. It is the story of a beautiful young dancer who decides to forego her looming career as a courtesan in order to dedicate her life (with the aid of gods, demigods, and a magic bowl called the Cow of Abundance) to charity and to attaining the 'bright light of knowledge.'
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Alain Daniélou was an Indian historian, intellectual, musicologist, and a noted western convert to and expert of Shaivite Hinduism.
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- PublisherNew Directions
- Publication date1989
- ISBN 10 0811210979
- ISBN 13 9780811210973
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages191
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Manimekhalai: The Dancer With the Magic Bowl
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New Directions, New York, New York, U.S.A.
(1989)
ISBN 10: 0811210979
ISBN 13: 9780811210973
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Book Description Cloth. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. First Edition. First Edition. 8vo. Cloth binding, 191 pp. Never before translated into English, this 2nd-century Tamil verse epic is one of the great classics of Indian culture. It is a sequel to the Shilappadikaram, which was also translated into prose by musician and Hindu scholar Alain Daniélou. Manimekhalaï is the story of a beautiful young dancer who?with the help of various gods, demigods, and a magic bowl christened the Cow of Abundance?chooses to forego her training as a courtesan in order to dedicate her life to charity and to attaining enlightenment. The story brings a lost age back to life, with vivid details of the period's arts, customs, and religions. New in new dustjacket. Seller Inventory # 011391
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