{"product_id":"seven-hundred-elegant-verses-9780814737378","title":"Seven Hundred Elegant Verses","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen Go·várdhana composed his \"Seven Hundred Elegant Verses\" in Sanskrit in the twelfth century CE, the title suggested that this was a response to the 700 verses in the more demotic Prakrit language traditionally attributed to King Hala, composed almost a thousand years earlier. Both sets of poems were composed in the arya metre. Besides being the name of a metre, in Sanskrit arya means a noble or elegant lady, and Go·várdhana wished to reflect and appeal to a sophisticated culture. These poems each consist of a single stanza, almost as condensed and allusive as a Japanese haiku. They cover the gamut of human life and emotion, though the favorite topic is love in all its aspects.\u003cbr\u003eCo-published by New York University Press and the JJC Foundation\u003cbr\u003eFor more on this title and other titles in the Clay Sanskrit series, please visit http:\/\/www.claysanskritlibrary.org\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Govardhana","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48094671536379,"sku":"9780814737378","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_baf5e498-96e7-4943-bc8c-72b2dc6ab1b2.jpg?v=1770447977","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/seven-hundred-elegant-verses-9780814737378","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}