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An Ornament for Jewels

Love Poems for the Lord of Gods, by Venkatesha

By Vedānta Deśika

First written 13th–14th century

About this book

Hopkins’s translations of devotional poems by Vedānta Deśika in Sanskrit, Tamil and Prakrit, addressed to Viṣṇu at the shrines of South India, with an introduction to the poet and his tradition.

The edition

Title
An Ornament for Jewels: Love Poems for the Lord of Gods, by Venkatesha
Translated by
Steven P. Hopkins
Publisher
Oxford University Press, New York
Year
2007

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Period

Medieval500 CE to 1500 CE

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