In Hindu Literature
In Hindu Literature
THE Latin writer Varro fancifully calls the bees the Birds of the Muses, thus paying a poet's tribute to the airy creatures that wing their…
In Hindu Literature: Honey
And again, where the newly married husband kisses his wife: - "He then seeks her mouth with his mouth, with the two verses, ""Honey! Lo!…
In Hindu Literature: Indra
The inmates of the house look at the madhuparka and murmur, "May Indra come thither." - Mention of honey occurs over and over again in…
In Hindu Literature: Vishnu
Vishnu has come upon the scene and is the chief of the gods; from him everything emanates; he creates everything, he is everything. Vishnu…
In Hindu Literature: Dushyanta
King Dushyanta riding in the forest comes upon the hermit's lovely daughter, Sakoontalá, watering the flowers, and driving away a bee that…
In Hindu Literature: Sweet
An early love of the king, fearing his disaffection, is heard to sing, — "How often hither did'st thou rove, Sweet bee, to kiss the mango's…
In Hindu Literature: Spring
Umá is destined to become the bride of Siva, who has become a hermit, and all the forces of Káma, the god of love, his humming bees, his…
In Hindu Literature: Siva
Love, "the god of the flowery shafts," sent his arrow into Siva's heart, but the merciless deity, inflamed with anger, slew the gentle god…
In Hindu Literature: Hero
In Kālidāsa's "Hero and Nymph" the manager repeats before the play begins, - "What sounds are these in the air, that like the plaintive…
In Hindu Literature: Like
I mark where thou appearest A fair and mountain river. "Like Gangá proud thou showest, From heavenly regions springing; Around thee, as…
In Hindu Literature: Bana
In the prose romances written by Bana in the seventh century we find the wildest extravagance of speech, which is far less pleasing to…