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Имя древнекитайского мыслителя Лао-цзы, жившего в Китае в VI–V вв. до н. э., можно перевести как «Старый ребенок». (Хотя этот иероглиф можно перевести и как «Старый мудрец».) Лао-цзы является основоположником древнекитайского учения, суть которого изложена в трактате «Дао дэ цзин». В книге представлен первый перевод трактата Лао-цзы, сделанный в 1894 г. японским ученым, толстовцем, выпускником семинарии при Российской духовной академии в Токио Кониси Масутаро, в крещении Даниилом Петровичем...
| Автор | Лао-цзы |
Имя древнекитайского мыслителя Лао-цзы, жившего в Китае в VI–V вв. до н. э., можно перевести как «Старый ребенок». (Хотя этот иероглиф можно перевести и как «Старый мудрец».) Лао-цзы является основоположником древнекитайского учения, суть которого изложена в трактате «Дао дэ цзин». В книге представлен первый перевод трактата Лао-цзы, сделанный в 1894 г. японским ученым, толстовцем, выпускником семинарии при Российской духовной академии в Токио Кониси Масутаро, в крещении Даниилом Петровичем...
| Автор | Лао-цзы |
In one of the most famous passages in Maha·bhárata , Dur·yódhana, the heroic but flawed king of the Káuravas, meets his end when he is dishonorably defeated in battle by his arch-enemy, Bhima. Framing a fascinating account of the sacred sites along the river Sarásvati, the duel poignantly portrays the downfall of a once great hero in the face of a new order governed by Krishna, in which the warrior code is brushed aside in order to ensure...
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The Confessions of Saint Augustine is considered by many to be one of the most important religious biographies of all time. Written in the middle of the 4th century «The Confessions of Saint Augustine» tells of its author's upbringing in Algeria, his place at the Imperial court of Milan, his struggle to overcome his sexual desires, and the ultimate dedication of his life to Christ and Christian ways. «The Confessions of Saint Augustine» is not simply a recount of the author's life but...
| Автор | Saint Bishop of Hippo Augustine, Bishop of Hippo Saint Augustine и др. |
More than an autobiography, The Confessions of St. Augustine is one of the most influential religious books in the Christian tradition. A great work of Western literature, it recalls crucial events and episodes in the author's life, in particular, life with his devoutly Christian mother and his origins in rural Algeria in the mid-fourth century A.D.; the rise to a lavish life at the imperial court in Milan; his struggle with sexual desires; eventual renunciation of secular ambitions and...
| Автор | St. Augustine |
Раскрыв эту книгу, каждый образованный человек сможет насладиться емкостью содержания, поэтичностью формы и афористичностью изложения великих притч мира. Эти короткие поучительные истории заставляют задуматься, порой переосмыслить прожитое и выбрать верное направление в дальнейшей жизни. Ведь притчи, повествующие о поисках истины, силе веры и свете мудрости, актуальны для читателей любого возраста и социального положения. Затейливые истории мудрецов Древней Аравии, глубокие рассуждения индийских...
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Переводов литовских сказок на русский язык немного: имеются лишь два популярных сборника. В новом сборнике литовских сказок на русском языке публикуются тексты двух архаичных жанров – сказок о животных и волшебных сказок. Сведения о собирании литовских сказок, о репертуаре и особенностях сказок приведены во введении. Сборник предназначается исследователям сказок – фольклористам, представителям других наук, а также взрослым читателям, желающим познать накопленную в сказках мудрость.
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В этом томе представлены работы С. Я. Сендеровича по фольклору. 2-ое исправленное и дополненное издание монографии «Морфологии загадки» посвящено народной загадке из устных традиций, одному из древнейших, быстро исчезающих жанров культуры. Загадка отличается краткостью, эксцентричностью и поэтической интенсивностью. Исследование посвящено реконструкции из дошедшего до нас материала основополагающих особенностей жанра и формулирует результаты в форме своего рода «генетического кода». Подвергаются...
| Автор | Савелий Сендерович |
This remarkably low-priced anthology brings together five of the greatest, most studied, and most performed Greek tragedies, each in an outstanding translation:• Oedipus Rex and Electra by Sophocles (translated by George Young), in which the much-admired playwright explores the individual's search for truth and self-knowledge• Medea and Bacchae by Euripides (translated by Henry Hart Milman), favorites with modern audiences for their psychological subtlety and the...
| Автор | Euripides |
King Harsha, who reigned over the kingdom of Kanauj from 606 to 647 CE, composed two Sanskrit plays about the mythical figures of King Udayana, his queen, Vásava·datta, and two of his co-wives. The plays abound in mistaken identities, both political and erotic. The characters masquerade as one another and, occasionally, as themselves, and each play refers simultaneously to itself and to the other.Co-published by New York University Press and the JJC FoundationFor more on this...
| Автор | Harsha |
When 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...
| Автор | Govardhana |
Jayadeva’s Gitagovínda is a lyrical account of the illicit springtime love affair of Krishna and Radha, a god and goddess manifesting on earth as a cowherd and milkmaid for the sake of relishing the sweet miseries and rapturous delights of erotic love. The narrative framing their bucolic songs was composed under royal patronage in northeastern India in the twelfth century. It was to be performed for connoisseurs of poetry and the erotic arts, for aesthetes and voluptuaries who, while sensually...
| Автор | Jayadeva |
“Slender lady, I came out with you to gather fruit. I got a pain in my head and fell asleep in your lap. Then I saw a terrible darkness and a mighty person. If you know, then tell me – was it my dream? Or was what I saw real?”So speaks Satyavat, newly rescued from the god of death by Savitri, his faithful wife, at the heart of one of the best loved stories in Indian literature. This, and other well known narratives, including a version of Rama's story, bring the Forest...
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This second half of Bhishma describes the events from the beginning of the fifth day till the end of the tenth of the great battle between the Káuravas and the Pándavas. Despite grandfather Bhishma’s appeal to conclude peace with the Pándavas, Duryódhana continues the bloody battle. The key strategist is general Bhishma, commander of the Káurava forces. Even though he is compelled to fight on the side of the Káuravas, Bhishma’s sympathies are...
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The Book of Shalya recounts in gory detail the final destruction of the Káurava army and the defeat of its leader, Dur·yódhana. In this first volume heroic duels and martial speeches abound as Shalya, the king of the Madras, is made general of the Káurava army, only to be slaughtered in his turn.The Book of Shalya recounts in gory detail the final destruction of the Káurava army and the defeat of its leader, Duryódhana. In this first volume...
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Two tragic plays that break the rules: both show the hero dying on stage, a scenario forbidden in Sanskrit dramaturgy. King Harsha's play, composed in the seventh century, re-examines the Buddhist tale of a magician prince who makes the ultimate sacrifice to save a hostage snake ( naga ). The Shattered Thighs , attributed to Bhasa, the illustrious predecessor to ancient Kali·dasa, transforms a crucial episode of the Maha·bhárata war. As he dies from a foul blow to the legs delivered in...
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Volume Two of «Drona» begins in the aftermath of tragedy. As evening falls, Arjuna journeys wearily back to camp and is greeted by the ashen faces of his brothers. Before they speak, he guesses the worst. And the worst is right: his son Abhimanyu is dead. Arjuna is inconsolable. Insensible with rage, he vows to take revenge on the boy’s killers. He swears that if they are not dead before another day passes, he will set himself alight. The world seems to shudder at his words.
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The aristocrat who wrote this vigorous political play eschewed sentimentality in favor of realistic characterization and forceful action. It is 316 BCE, one year after Chandra·gupta Maurya, aided by his subtle minister Chánakya, has seized the kingdom of Mágadha from the last king of the Nanda dynasty. Rákshasa, Nanda’s incorruptible minister, flees abroad and plots his vengeance, while Chánakya seeks to win him over to honor Chandra·gupta...
| Автор | Vishakha-datta |
Any investigation into vampire legends leads inevitably to the works of Montague Summers (1880–1948), whose research and writings in the 1920s established him as the subject’s preeminent authority. This study examines vampire lore in fantastic detail, constituting a record of folk beliefs unequaled in its sheer scope and depth. It features all the apparatus of an academic work, including footnotes and references to rare source documents, and it addresses such issues as how...
| Автор | Montague Summers |
By defining folklore as artistic communication in small groups, Dan Ben-Amos led the discipline of Folklore in new directions. In Folklore Concepts , Henry Glassie and Elliott Oring have curated a selection of Ben-Amos's groundbreaking essays that explore folklore as a category in cultural communication and as a subject of scholarly research. Ben-Amos's work is well-known for sparking lively debate that often centers on why his definition intrinsically acknowledges tradition rather...
| Автор | Dan Ben-Amos |
By defining folklore as artistic communication in small groups, Dan Ben-Amos led the discipline of Folklore in new directions. In Folklore Concepts , Henry Glassie and Elliott Oring have curated a selection of Ben-Amos's groundbreaking essays that explore folklore as a category in cultural communication and as a subject of scholarly research. Ben-Amos's work is well-known for sparking lively debate that often centers on why his definition intrinsically acknowledges tradition rather...
| Автор | Dan Ben-Amos |
The Bhagavad Gita presents a synthesis of the Brahmanical concept of Dharma, theistic bhakti, the yogic ideals of liberation through jnana, and Samkhya philosophy. Numerous commentaries have been written on the Bhagavad Gita with widely differing views on the essentials. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi penned this extensive commentary on the Gita, and called the sacred text «The Gospel of Selfless Action.»
| Автор | Mohandas K. Gandhi |