[INDOLOGY] Recently Published: GULMINĪ, Anthology of Sanskrit Lyrics and Gazals, by Hari Dutt Sharma

Wed Feb 7 23:33:53 UTC 2024

Dear Patrick,
Of course I should have given the publication details, they are given in
the book as follows:

GULMINĪ, (An Anthology of Sanskrit Lyrics and Gazals)
by Prof. Hari Dutt Sharma
ISBN: 978-93-90964-53-6
Published by Raka Prakashan
40A, Motilal Nehru Road
Prayagraj 211 002
Mob. 9415307687
email: rakaprakashan at yahoo.com
Price: 300 Rs.

On Wed, 7 Feb 2024 at 02:20, Patrick Olivelle <jpo at austin.utexas.edu> wrote:

> Dear Jan:
>
> Can you send the publication details of the book?
>
> Patrick
>
>
>
> On Feb 6, 2024, at 5:22 PM, Jan E.M. Houben via INDOLOGY <
> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>
> Dear List Members,
>
> This is to announce the recent publication of
> GULMINĪ, (An Anthology of Sanskrit Lyrics and Gazals)
> by Prof. Hari Dutt Sharma
>
> From the Foreword by Jan E.M. Houben:
>
> ... it is fortunate that apart from the rare and inevitably rather closed
> communities of traditional students of Vedic texts and rituals and also
> apart from the modern study of Sanskrit at Indian universities along the
> method of modern philology and textual studies, the tradition of creative
> writing in Sanskrit is carried on by several authors in India ; and one
> widely acclaimed author among these is Professor Hari Dutt Sharma. Apart
> from his academic study of Sanskrit poetry and poetics, Professor Sharma
> has emerged as a reputed author of modern Sanskrit literature.
>
>
> ... several of his poems and books have been prescribed in courses on
> Modern Sanskrit Literature at several Indian universities.
> ...
> Prof. Sharma’s poems and books are excellently suited for introducing
> students to the lively scene of modern Sanskrit literature, and it would be
> advisable to add the reading of modern Sanskrit literature in the programs
> in universities outside India as well, in order to update the student’s
> mastery of Sanskrit in a way that would be difficult and unthinkable 100 or
> even 20 years ago. The focus on the study of Sanskrit in order to create a
> basis for textual research has to be maintained at western universities,
> because research is still the main professional perspective outside India.
> But to add an introduction to modern Sanskrit poetry and literature would
> help to open the eyes of Sanskrit students for the rich and variegated
> literary production in this domain, till now almost completely neglected by
> western scholars.
> A recent exception is Beate Guttandin’s *Rebellionen*, Hamburg 2020,
> which contains annotated translations of a number of short stories in
> Sanskrit about tradition and innovation in daily life in Indian families.
> ...
> In addition to the books by Prof. Sharma already mentioned above, also his
> recent Mahākāvya *Vaideśikāṭanam*, containing 21 cantos in various
> classical metres such as Indravajrā, Upajāti, etc., as it deals with the
> author’s visits to numerous countries and cities, including the then still
> separate East- and West-Germany, and his participation in academic events
> such as various sessions of the World Sanskrit Conference, would make an
> excellent reading for Sanskrit students at universities.
>             This applies, finally, also to the current work of Prof.
> Sharma, the *Gulminī*, which is a book of lyrical poetry (*gītikāvya*),
> in rythmic and melodious Sanskrit in free metre, consisting of 51 poems
> expressing various sentiments and emotions (*rasa* and *bhāva*) on
> various subjects, from depictions of beautiful seasonal nature (3.
> *madhumāsakathā*) to reflections on international travels and the
> transmission of Sanskrit poetry (6. *sañcaraṇam*), and on the experience
> of poetic creation (1. *badhyate hi cetanā*). Other topics dealt with are
> recent events in the world and in India such as the terrorist attack on a
> school (*vidy**ālaya*) in Peshawar (2. *peśāvara-paiśācikam*, referring
> to the 16.12.2014 terrorist attack on the Army Public School in
> Peshawar), the rioting on Capitol Hill on 06.01.2021 (41.
> *kaipīṭala-kampanam*), the storming of Delhi’s Red Fort by protesting
> farmers on 26.01.2021 (42. *dillīdurgākramaṇam*). In poem 45 *yuddhaṁ na
> hi ruddham*, the author regrets the continuous arising of armed conflicts
> everywhere, *kāśmīraṁ vā yūkreṇaṁ vā syād aphagānistānam*.
> ...
> ... The theme of the author’s previous work, *Vaideśikāṭanam*, is also
> continued here, with poems 22. *viśva-saṁskṛta-sammelanam *(refrain : *vaiśvika-saṁskṛta-sammelanam
> iha vaiṅkūvare tatam*) and 25 on Vancouver : *vaiṅkūvaraṁ varam. *Poem
> 48. *nīdaralaiṇḍe ham*, deals with a recent trip to the Netherlands (with
> *ham* not for *aham* but as exclamation, as elsewhere in the poem and in
> the work).
> ...
> ...
> The subject of poem 27. * kumbhaḥ* is a regular event with a very long
> history: the Prayāgrāj Kumbhamela in the author’s home city Allahabad. An
> Ardha Kumbhamela took here place in 2019, the next full one will be in
> 2025. In 49. *kva nu hā gatāḥ* the author wonders where all relatives,
> friends and dear ones who have passed away have gone, and evokes the
> Upaniṣadic story of Naciketas who questions the god of death Yama about the
> fate of the deceased : *maraṇottaraṁ kva nu yāti saḥ ... mṛtyoḥ rahasyaṁ
> vai yamaṁ   pṛcchati ca naciketā citā*.
> ...
> ...
> Hommage and congratulations to Prof. Hari Dutt Sharma who traveled for
> many years to many countries outside India to attend academic events on the
> study of Sanskrit, and composed the fascinating Mahākāvya – poetic work of
> epic dimension – the *Vaideśikāṭana* ; who contributed significantly to
> Sanskrit literature also through the current work in lyrical poetry,
> *Gulminī*, and other works :
>
>
> अनेकवत्सराद् येन   भूरिवैदेशिकाटनात् ।
> परम् मनोहरं सृष्टं   काव्यं वैदेशिकाटनम् ॥
> संस्कृतवाङ्मयं गीति – गुल्मिन्यादिभिरेव च ।
> पुष्टं येन  नमस् तस्मै   हरये दत्तशर्मणे ॥
>
>
>
>
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>
>
> --
> *Jan E.M. Houben*
> Directeur d'Études, Professor of South Asian History and Philology
> *Sources et histoire de la tradition sanskrite*
> École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE, Paris Sciences et Lettres)
> *Sciences historiques et philologiques *
> Groupe de recherches en études indiennes (EA 2120)
> *johannes.houben [at] ephe.psl.eu <johannes.houben at ephe.psl.eu>*
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*Jan E.M. Houben*

Directeur d'Études, Professor of South Asian History and Philology

*Sources et histoire de la tradition sanskrite*

École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE, Paris Sciences et Lettres)

*Sciences historiques et philologiques *

Groupe de recherches en études indiennes (EA 2120)

*johannes.houben [at] ephe.psl.eu <johannes.houben at ephe.psl.eu>*

*https://ephe-sorbonne.academia.edu/JanEMHouben
<https://ephe-sorbonne.academia.edu/JanEMHouben>*

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