How to Love in Sanskrit: Poems

Witty | surprising and joyous ... A book to pick up | a book to gift. - ARUNDHATHI SUBRAMANIAMBeautiful ... A book that will delight the reader. - BIBEK DEBROYSanskrit has too often been regarded as the sacred language of the gods | yet it is love that has been the overwhelming obsession of Sanskrit writers for over 3 |000 years. How to Love in Sanskrit is an invitation to Sanskrit love poetry | bringing together verses and short prose pieces by celebrated writers like Kalidasa and Banabhatta | Buddhist and Jain monks | scholars | emperors | and even some modern-day poets. How do you brew a love potion? Turn someone crimson with a compliment? How do you make love? How do you quarrel and make up? Nurse a broken heart? And how do you let go? There's something for everyone in this brilliantly translated ancient guide to love for modern readers.