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... and even for Bhavabhuti, the Brahman way of life was only a memory, for
Bhavabhuti's father had deliberately abandoned it at the stage of householder,
which follows that of student, and never gone on to be either forest hermit or
ascetic to ...
... and even for Bhavabhuti, the Brahman way of life was only a memory, for
Bhavabhuti's father had deliberately abandoned it at the stage of householder,
which follows that of student, and never gone on to be either forest hermit or
ascetic to ...
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I will find me an unpeopled void and become a hermit, as I meant to before.
Anyway, in my present incorporation I feel myself a little too good for the world."
Neither of them could blame him for his decision. They agreed with him, though it
...
I will find me an unpeopled void and become a hermit, as I meant to before.
Anyway, in my present incorporation I feel myself a little too good for the world."
Neither of them could blame him for his decision. They agreed with him, though it
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Many could or would say nothing more; but some good-hearted hermit-wives
who had fed and petted little Samadhi told her kindly where Nanda was. For the
world of the hermit is very like other worlds: when you belong to it you know your
...
Many could or would say nothing more; but some good-hearted hermit-wives
who had fed and petted little Samadhi told her kindly where Nanda was. For the
world of the hermit is very like other worlds: when you belong to it you know your
...
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Nutzerbericht - fieldnotes - LibraryThingThis folkloric, Hindu-light treatment of desire, loyalty and identity lacks the craft, gravity and heft of other Thomas Mann novels. His few prose outbursts in description of beauty or deity seem ... Vollständige Rezension lesen
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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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