Sir Edwin Arnold (1832–1904), best known for his verse rendering of the life of the Buddha in The Light of Asia, here turns his talents to Sanskrit and Indian classical poetry. This volume includes his translation of Jayadeva’s erotic mystical poem the Gîta Govinda, excerpts from the Mahâbhârata, and proverbial verse from the Hitopadesa — all rendered in graceful English verse.
A pioneering work of Victorian Orientalism that made Indian poetry accessible to English readers, this free EPUB is cleanly formatted with poem and section divisions clearly preserved.