Excerpt from Nala and Damayanti, and Other Poems: Translated From the Sanscrit Into English Verse, With Mythological and Critical Notes Those friends who have taken an interest in my literary produc tions may feel some surprise at my appearance in the character of a translator of Sanscrit poetry. To those, and indeed to all who may take up the present volume, I owe some explanation of my pretensions as a faithful interpreter of my original text. Those pre tensions are very humble; and I can unfeignedly say, that if the ...
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Excerpt from Nala and Damayanti, and Other Poems: Translated From the Sanscrit Into English Verse, With Mythological and Critical Notes Those friends who have taken an interest in my literary produc tions may feel some surprise at my appearance in the character of a translator of Sanscrit poetry. To those, and indeed to all who may take up the present volume, I owe some explanation of my pretensions as a faithful interpreter of my original text. Those pre tensions are very humble; and I can unfeignedly say, that if the field had been likely to be occupied by others, who might unite poetical powers with a profound knowledge of the sacred language of India, I should have withdrawn at once from the competition. But, in fact, in this country the students of oriental literature, en dowed with a taste and feeling for poetry, are so few in number, that any attempt to make known the peculiar character of those remarkable works, the old mythological epics of India, may be re ceived with indulgence by all who are interested in the history of poetry. Mr. Wilson alone, since Sir W. Jones, has united a poeti cal genius with deep Sanscrit scholarship; but he has in general preferred the later and more polished period - that of Kalidasa and the dramatists - to the ruder, yet in my opinion, not less curious and poetical strains of the older epic bards. A brief account of the manner in which I became engaged in these studies, will best explain the extent of my proficiency. During the two last years in which I held the office of Professor of Poetry in the University of Oxford, having exhausted the subject which I. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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