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EROTIC POEMS from the

SANSKRIT A N A N T H O LO G Y

E D I T E D A N D T R A N S L AT E D B Y

R. Parthasarathy

EROTIC POEMS FROM THE SANSKRIT

Translations from the Asian Classics

TRANSLATIONS FROM THE ASIAN CLASSICS Editorial Board Wm. Theodore de Bary, Chair Paul Anderer Donald Keene George A. Saliba Haruo Shirane Burton Watson Wei Shang

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