Pandanus ’06. Nature in Literature and Ritual.
Edited by J. Vacek.
Charles University, Faculty of Arts and TRITON. Prague 2006, 322 pp.
ISBN 80-7254-899-9
Summary
An international volume of papers on nature in classical and modern Indian literature (Sanskrit, Tamil, Hindi), in Indian ritual, and in Czech literature (O. Březina).
Contents
- Mimma Congedo: The interpretation of natural elements as metaphysical symbols in the aesthetics of Ananda K. Coomaraswamy
- Gyula Wojtilla: On some natural devices describing female beauty in Sanskrit poetry
- Lidia Sudyka: Passion of the indigo colour
- Daniela Rossella: Wonderful India: interior and outer landscapes in Indian classical poetry
- David Smith: Animality and related realms of being in Bāṇa's Kādambarī
- Anna Bonisoli Alquati: Description of the dawn in Raghuvaṃśa
- Anna Trynkowska: The description of sunrise in Māgha’s Śiśupālavadha XI, 43–67
- Cinzia Pieruccini: Descriptions of forests in the Rāmāyaṇa
- Chettiarthodi Rajendran: Encountering the forest: Kālidāsa’s perceptions on hunting
- Camillo Alessio Formigatti: A description of the ocean in Buddhist poetic literature: Āryaśūra's Supāragajātaka and its sources
- Tiziana Pontillo: The names of fruits, roots and flowers included in Kālidāsa’s works and the Aṣṭādhyāyī rules IV,3,163–167 with their commentaries
- Jaroslav Vacek: The dog in Sangam literature – as a part of the description of nature
- Eva Wilden: Agricultural metaphors in Sangam literature
- Danuta Stasik: Love throughout the year. Descriptions of the seasons and the twelve months of the year according to Keśavdās’ Kavi-priyā
- Stefania Cavaliere: Devoutness and refinement. A description of seasons in Tulasīdāsa’s Rāmacaritamānasa and Keśavadāsa’s Rāmacandrikā
- Dagmar Marková: Fog and rain in Hindi New Short Story
- Martin Hříbek: Flowers in Rabῑndrasaṅgῑt
- Petr Duda: Flowers in Hindu ritual literature
- Petr Holman: Trees in the poetic works of Otokar Březina
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