Ancient Sanskrit Love Poetry
Syllabus Readings Slides
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Note: All page numbers refer to the page number in the 
pdf file, not the page numbers within the book.

January 11
    - Ritusamhara from pg. 15 'Our barrack...' to pg. 24 
        '...And mine for you.'
    - Ritusamhara Canto I

January 13
    - Ritusamhara Canto II, Canto IV-VI

January 15
    - The Hermit & the Love Thief: Intro from pg. 3 to
        pg. 19 '...step out of time and sever the bonds
        of wordly existence'
    - Passionate Encounters 113-117, 120, 123, 125, 129,
        130-134, 138, 143, 144
    - Refuge in the Forest 149, 159-161, 164, 172-174,
        176, 178, 190, 192-193

January 18
    - Phantasies of a Love Thief 1-50

January 20
    - Love Song of the Dark Lord from pg. 1 to pg. 8
        '...condensed into a religious ecstasy'
    - Gitagovinda 'Joyful Krishna' (pg. 1) to 'Lotus-
        eyed Krishna Longing for Love' (pg. 14)

January 22
    - Collected Mirabai Work full text

Library
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- Ritusamhara by Kalidasa tl. by R.S. Pandit
- The Hermit & the Love Thief: Intro by Miller
- Passionate Encounters by Bhartrari tl. by Miller
- Refuge in the Forest by Bhartrari tl. by Miller 
- Phantasies of a Love Thief by Bilhana tl. by Miller 
- Love Song of the Dark Lord: Intro by Miller 
- Gitagovinda by Jayadeva tl. by Miller 
- Gitagovinda performance 
- Collected Mirabai Work tl. by Martin 

Radha and Krishna strolling in a forest. Painted by Nainsukh circa 1775 Nainsukh circa 1775