[INDOLOGY] Highlights from the Sanskrit corpora

[Harsha Dehejia]

Friends:

I am entering this late and forgive me if there is a duplication.
I would nominate Jayadeva's Gita Govinda as a seminal work.
It changed the way in which we celebrate Krishna shringara. Within a couple of hundred years it became the theology of Gaudiya Vaishnavism.

Regards,

Harsha
Prof. Harsha V. Dehejia

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Dear Martin,



As far as I can see, nobody has yet mentioned Kālidāsa’s Meghadūta, surely a timeless classic not only of Sanskrit, but of world literature.



‘Was will man denn Vergnüglicher wissen!

Sakontala, Nala, die muß man küssen;

Und Meghaduta, den Wolkengesandten,

Wer schickt ihn nicht gerne zu Seelenverwandten!“



Best wishes,



Camillo



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Dr.Gluckman,

I personally, would like "VivekChuramani" by Shankaracharya ,for inclusion in the compendium.It is marked by it's lucid style, by which the roots of Adwaitya philosophy has been established.

Alakendu Das.

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Subject: [INDOLOGY] Highlights from the Sanskrit corpora

Dear Colleagues,



I have a lecture to prepare and am conducting a short survey:



I would like to know from the Sanskrit scholarly community what those feel are the utmost most excellent works from the entire corpora and a short line about why.



Think of it as "if there were to be a Pullitzer or Booker Prize for the notable Sanskrit works", who and what would be the nominees and why.



It could be a text that was of exceptional technical value for example Pāṇini's Aṣṭādhyāyī or those that have introduced a novel method in a field of science for example the Suśrutasaṃhitā. Then of course a notable poetic marvel such as Śakuntalā.



If there exist some already compiled lists of the same I would most appreciate it.



With warmest wishes,



Martin















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