India and world literature

by Editor Abhai Maurya

Printed in 1990 The noted Russian writer and historian of the 18th century, Nikolai Karamzin, trans lated Kalidasa's Shakuntala into Russian in 1792 and wrote a Foreword, where he made an illuminating observation: "The creative spirit does not live in Europe alone, it is a citizen of the universe. Man is everywhere a man, everywhere he has a sensitive heart and in the mirror of his imagination he holds both Heaven and Earth." This remark comes very close to our own ancient dictum Vasudhaiv Kutumbhkam The human oneness embodied in these words is the leitmotif which permeates the present volume India and World Literature The volume contains approximately eighty papers contributed by eminent foreign and Indian scholars. These papers have been arranged in eight sections. Addresses", "Theorie