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and of all beings, who is the dream-drunkenness of Vishnu. It lay on the stream
Goldfly, which rushes, like a colt let loose, out of the mountain's womb, to
moderate its flow and unite at a holy place with the river Jumna; that in its turn
issuing, ...
and of all beings, who is the dream-drunkenness of Vishnu. It lay on the stream
Goldfly, which rushes, like a colt let loose, out of the mountain's womb, to
moderate its flow and unite at a holy place with the river Jumna; that in its turn
issuing, ...
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Ye gods, saints, and holy hermits! " she whispered blue-lipped, "lam lost! Both
men, both at once. All is over! My lord and husband, who went about the fire with
me, my Shridaman with the estimable head and the body, which after all was
warm ...
Ye gods, saints, and holy hermits! " she whispered blue-lipped, "lam lost! Both
men, both at once. All is over! My lord and husband, who went about the fire with
me, my Shridaman with the estimable head and the body, which after all was
warm ...
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I forgive you too, Nanda, as on your side you may forgive me for acting on the
judgement of the holy man and taking Sita for myself, only considering my own I-
and my-feeling and not troubling about yours. You would have done just the
same ...
I forgive you too, Nanda, as on your side you may forgive me for acting on the
judgement of the holy man and taking Sita for myself, only considering my own I-
and my-feeling and not troubling about yours. You would have done just the
same ...
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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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