Words for the Heart: A Treasury of Emotions from Classical India

by Maria Heim

Book Overview

A richly diverse collection of classical Indian terms for expressing the many moods and subtleties of emotional experience

Words for the Heart is a captivating treasury of emotion terms drawn from some of India's earliest classical languages. Inspired by the traditional Indian genre of a "treasury"--a wordbook or anthology of short texts or poems--this collection features 177 jewellike entries evoking the kinds of phenomena...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691222932
• ISBN13: 9780691222936
• Release Date: March 2024
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.0" x 8.1"