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On the Road with Kālidāsa
Countries,
Cities and Sacred Places
By
Péter Száler
About
the Book
This book uses the perspectives of humanistic geography and classical
philology to explore the representation of space in Kālidāsa’s works. It
identifies three spatial levels – macro, mezzo and micro – reflecting the
focaliser's movement within the narratives. Readers of this book are invited to
embark on an imaginary journey to Kālidāsa’s world, where places from his time
and his imagination are revealed simultaneously. This journey provides an
opportunity to accompany Raghu on his conquest of the Earth, sit beside Rāma in
his aerial car, and to fly with the Cloud Messenger to discover Kālidāsa’s
vision of harmony between civilisation and nature.
About the
Author
Péter Száler is employed
as an assistant research fellow in the Department of Indian Studies at Eötvös
Loránd University in Budapest. As an Indian mythology specialist, he is a
member of an ELTE research group investigating the process of canonisation in
South Asia. His recent works cover Sanskrit epics and Purāṇas, paying
particular attention to the figure of Kṛṣṇa and recurring motifs in
mythological stories. He is deeply committed to introducing and popularising
Indian mythology to Hungarian readers.
2026,
Hardcover, 24cms, vi+260pp.
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