The Star-Chamber:An Historical Romance (Complete)
An Historical Romance (Complete)
9781465542304
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Library of Alexandria
Overview
May the dark neck of Siva, which the god of love has, so to speak, surrounded with nooses in the form of the alluring looks of Párvatí reclining on his bosom, assign to you prosperity. May that victor of obstacles,1 who after sweeping away the stars with his trunk in the delirious joy of the evening dance, seems to create others with the spray issuing from his hissing2 mouth, protect you. After worshipping the goddess of Speech, the lamp that illuminates countless objects,3 I compose this collection which contains the pith of the Víhat-Kathá
