The Harṣa-carita of Bāṇa
Translated by Edward Byles Cowell and Frederick William Thomas
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INTRODUCTORY VERSES.
1. Adoration to Cambhu, who is the main pillar in the building of the city of the three worlds, — beautiful with the moon hung on him like a white royal chowrie, as it kisses his lofty brow.
2. I worship Uma, whose eyes are closed with the delight of grasping Hara’s neck as if she were fainting at the touch of the Kalakiita poison which stains it.
3. Adoration to the omniscient Vyasa, the creator among poets, who made the Mahabharata holy by his speech as the Bharata continent is hallowed by the river Sarasvati.
4. Most commonly the poetasters of the world have their perceptions ruled by desire, loquacious and wilful like red-eyed kokilas;
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About this edition
- The words
- Edward Byles Cowell and Frederick William Thomas's English translation, copied word for word.
- Left out
- Page numbers and running heads from the printed pages, in 6 places
- The title page and opening pages before chapter 1, in 2 places
- Printer's imprint on half-title verso (Cambridge University Press)
- Notes and pages added by translators, editors or publishers, in 4 places
- Book title ('THE HAKSA-CARITA.') repeated above the opening on page 1
- Printer's signature at foot of page (31 blocks)
- Stray OCR speck (136 blocks)
- Printer's colophon at end of volume (Cambridge University Press)
- Scanning library's loan slip (UC Southern Regional Library Facility) (10 blocks)