Presented by Manoa: A Pacific Journal of International Writing
Preface, ix
List of Illustrations, viii
Viśvanātha, 2
Shining with the Luster
From The Subhāṣitaratnakoṣa, 4
Having Silenced the Silver
From The Amaruśataka, 8
Tender Lip Bitten
Night
Her Breasts
My Breasts at First
She Did Nothing to Bar the Door
She’s in My House
Vidyā, 24
On Makeshift Bedding
Dark Clouds
Fate
Not Knowing Me
And What of Those Arbors
From A Poem at the Right Moment, 38
Music and Poetry
Kālidāsa, 40
The Curse Upon Me
Looking at Well-Crafted Objects
Death Poem
Absorbed Night and Day
Hastipaka, 52
Rain Slants Steadily
Bhartṛhari, 56
Her Quick Eyes
In a Mansion
Grieve, Brother!
Victory
Yogeśvara, 64
They Seize One’s Heart
Hard Rain
The Tribesmen Dispatch
Rājaśekhara, 70
Slim-Waisted Friend
Śīlābhaṭṭārikā, 72
Nights of Jasmine and Thunder
You, My Messenger
Bhavabhūti, 78
Through the Whole Night
Critics Scoff
Dharmakīrti, 82
A Snatch of Dream
No One Visible
From A Poem at the Right Moment, 86
Day by Day Goes Past
Bhāvadevī, 88
Those First Days
Vikaṭanitambā, 90
My Lover
You Ignored
Caṇḍaka, 94
Krishna Went Out to Play
Jaghanacapalā, 98
Rainy Nights
From Hemacandra’s Grammar, 100
If He and I
Jayadeva: From the Gīta-Govinda, 102
Clouds Thicken the Sky
Jayadeva, Chief Poet on Pilgrimage
Krishna Roamed the Forest
Radha Speaks
Krishna Speaks
Radha’s Messenger Speaks
She Ornaments Her Limbs
Let the Old Doubts Go
Reckless, Inflamed, She Presses Forth
Reader, Open Your Heart
On My Breast Draw a Leaf
Further Thoughts on the Gīta-Govinda, 126
Bibliography, 130