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In Kashmir, there is a famous town called Pravarapura. Its name is a byword for worldly pleasures. The Courtesan’s Keeper is the first English translation of the thousand-year-old little-known Sanskrit satirical novel Samaya Matrika by Kshemendra, an eminent writer from eleventh century Kashmir. Spread over eight chapters, it is one of the picturesque social satires he wrote apart from many celebrated works on religion and poetics.
A.N.D. Haksar is a well-known translator of Sanskrit classics. Educated at the universities of Allahabad and Oxford, he spent many years as a career diplomat, serving as India`s High Commissioner to Kenya and Seychelles, minister to the United states and Ambassador to portugal and Yugoslavia. His translations from the Sanskrit include the plays of Bhasa, the romance Dasa Kumara Charitam of Dandin the story collections Hitopadesa, Simhasana Dvatrimsika, Shuka Saptati and Jatakamala, the verse anthology Subhashitavali and the frist ever rendition of Madhavanala Katha. He has also compiled A Treasury of Sanskrit Poetry for the Indian Council for Cultural Relations. ISBN - 9788129113368
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Pages : 112
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