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... turning into one another. And in that all-encompassing labyrinthine flux of the
animal, human, and divine, there would be an elephant's trunk that ended in a
man's hand, or a boar's head seemed to take the place of a woman's. — Shrida-
7*
... turning into one another. And in that all-encompassing labyrinthine flux of the
animal, human, and divine, there would be an elephant's trunk that ended in a
man's hand, or a boar's head seemed to take the place of a woman's. — Shrida-
7*
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In the daytime, I mean, he was there, for of course he was not at night, when I
slept with his friend Shrida- man, my husband, and we met as the godlike pair as
we had for the first time on the bed of flowers our wedding night, when he
unlocked ...
In the daytime, I mean, he was there, for of course he was not at night, when I
slept with his friend Shrida- man, my husband, and we met as the godlike pair as
we had for the first time on the bed of flowers our wedding night, when he
unlocked ...
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... Nanda-body it sat on — " forgive me too, Nanda " — again she spoke to the
head in question as the essential thing, regarding it, despite its insignificance, as
important and the Shrida- man-body thereto attached as the indifferent
appendage.
... Nanda-body it sat on — " forgive me too, Nanda " — again she spoke to the
head in question as the essential thing, regarding it, despite its insignificance, as
important and the Shrida- man-body thereto attached as the indifferent
appendage.
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Andhaka Anton Janson bath bathing-place beauty Bermann-Fischer Verlag Bhavabhuti blind bliss body Brahman breast called cried death DEATH IN VENICE deed desire dream embraced eyes face father feast feel fire Fischer Verlag flesh flowers friend-body Garga goat-nose goddess Goldfly H. T. Lowe-Porter hand happiness head and limbs headpiece heart hermit hips holy honour husband husband-body hushed Indra kadamba tree Kamadamana listen live look lovely Sita lucky-calf lock lust Maya Mother mountain mustard oil my-feeling ness Nirvana Novel Berlin once pale polyandry round sacrifice Samsara sandalwood sense Shri Shrida shrine sight Sita's Siyat Ska's soft soul speak spirit stood stout arms Sumantra sword swung tell things thou thought tion Tonio Kröger took Translated by H. T. TRANSPOSED HEADS tree turned unpeopled void Vedas voice wedded Welfare of Cows womb words yearning youth
Bibliografische Informationen
| Titel | The Transposed Heads: A Legend of India |
| Autoren | Thomas Mann, Helen Tracy Lowe-Porter |
| Übersetzt von | Helen Tracy Lowe-Porter |
| Verlag | Alfred Knopf, 1941 |
| Länge | 194 Seiten |
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