Collected Works of Edwin Arnold: Buddhism and Hinduism Studies, Poetry & Plays (Illustrated) (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Buddhism, Hinduism, and the Light of Asia in English VerseBy Edwin Arnold
Length28h 49m
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This illustrated collection gathers Edwin Arnold's major engagements with Buddhism, Hinduism, poetry, and drama, presenting a Victorian writer's sustained effort to render Asian religious imagination intelligible to English readers. Its centerpiece is Arnold's mellifluous, narrative verse—most famously the Buddhist life of the Buddha—joined by works shaped by Sanskritic lore, ethical reflection, and theatrical romance. The style is ornate, musical, and didactic, belonging to the nineteenth-century Orientalist literary context while often seeking reverence rather than mere exotic spectacle. Arnold (1832–1904), poet, journalist, educator, and longtime editor of The Daily Telegraph, was unusually formed by imperial-era contact with India. As principal of Deccan College in Poona, he encountered Indian languages, scriptures, and intellectual traditions at close range. His writings reflect both the limitations of Victorian mediation and a genuine comparative curiosity, especially his desire to present Hindu and Buddhist thought as philosophically serious and spiritually profound. Readers interested in comparative religion, Victorian poetry, colonial literary history, or the Western reception of Asian traditions will find this volume rewarding. It is best approached critically yet sympathetically: as literature, translation-adaptation, and cultural document, it reveals how Arnold helped shape Anglophone understandings of the East.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
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GenreSpirituality and Religion
Length28 hrs 49 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 18, 2015
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
112CHAPTER II The Book of Doctrines
2Collected Works of Edwin Arnold
113CHAPTER III Virtue in Work
3The Essence of Buddhism
114CHAPTER IV The Religion of Knowledge
4PREFACE.
115CHAPTER V Religion of Renouncing Works
5COMPILER'S PROEM.
116CHAPTER VI Religion by Self-Restraint
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6THE ESSENCE OF BUDDHISM.
117CHAPTER VII Religion by Discernment
7Hindu Literature: Comprising The Book of good counsels, Nala and Damayanti
118CHAPTER VIII Religion by Service of the Supreme
8THE BOOK OF GOOD COUNSELS
119CHAPTER IX Religion by the Kingly Knowledge and the Kingly Mystery
9Translator's Preface
120CHAPTER X Religion by the Heavenly Perfections
10Introduction
121CHAPTER XI The Manifesting of the One and Manifold
11THE WINNING OF FRIENDS
122CHAPTER XII Religion of Faith
12The Story of the Tiger and the Traveller
123CHAPTER XIII Religion by Separation of Matter and Spirit
13The Story of the Jackal, Deer, and Crow
124CHAPTER XIV Religion by Separation from the Qualities
14The Story of the Vulture, the Cat, and the Birds
125CHAPTER XV Religion by Attaining the Supreme
15The Story of the Dead Game and the Jackal
126CHAPTER XVI The Separateness of the Divine and Undivine
16The Prince and the Wife of the Merchant's Son
127CHAPTER XVII Religion by the Threefold Faith
17The Story of the Old Jackal and the Elephant
128CHAPTER XVIII Religion by Deliverance and Renunciation
18THE PARTING OF FRIENDS
129Light of the World; or, The Great Consummation
19The Story of the Lion, the Jackals, and the Bull
130List of Illustrations.
20The Story of the Monkey and the Wedge
131Proeme.
21The Story of the Washerman's Jackass
132AT BETHLEHEM
22The Story of the Cat Who Served the Lion
133BOOK I MARY MAGDALENE: Mary Magdalene.
23The Story of the Terrible Bell
134Mary Magdalene.
24The Story of the Prince and the Procuress
135BOOK II THE MAGUS: The Magus.
25The Story of the Black Snake and the Golden Chain
136The Magus.
26The Story of the Lion and the Old Hare
137BOOK III THE ALABASTER BOX: The Alabaster Box.
27The Story of the Wagtail and the Sea
138The Alabaster Box.
28WAR
139BOOK IV THE PARABLES: The Parables.
29The Battle of the Swans and Peacocks
140The Parables.
30The Story of the Weaver-Birds and the Monkeys
141BOOK V THE LOVE OF GOD AND MAN: The Love of God and Man.
31The Story of the Old Hare and the Elephants
142The Love of God and Man.
32The Story of the Heron and the Crow
143BOOK VI THE GREAT CONSUMMATION: The Great Consummation.
33The Story of the Appeased Wheelwright
144The Great Consummation.
34The Story of the Dyed Jackal
145Potiphar's Wife
35The Story of the Faithful Rajpoot
146I.
36PEACE
147II.
37The Treaty Between the Peacocks and the Swans
148III.
38The Story of the Tortoise and the Geese
149IV.
39The Story of Fate and the Three Fishes
150V.
40The Story of the Unabashed Wife
151VI.
41The Story of the Herons and the Mongoose
152VII.
42The Story of the Recluse and the Mouse
153VIII.
43The Story of the Crane and the Crab
154IX.
44The Story of the Brahman and the Pans
155X.
45The Duel of the Giants
156XI.
46The Story of the Brahman and the Goat
157XII.
47The Story of the Camel, the Lion, and His Court
158XIII.
48The Story of the Frogs and the Old Serpent
159XIV.
49NALA AND DAMAYANTI
160XV.
50Introduction
161XVI.
51THE MAHÂBHÂRATA
162XVII.
52NALA AND DAMAYANTI
163XVIII.
53Part I
164XIX.
54Part II
165XX.
55Death—and Afterwards
166XXI.
56The Light of Asia
167XXII.
57Book The First
168XXIII.
58Book The Second
169XXIV.
59Book The Third
170XXV.
60Book The Fourth
171XXVI.
61Book the Fifth
172XXVII.
62Book The Sixth
173XXVIII.
63Book The Seventh
174XXIX.
64Book The Eigth
175XXX.
65The Indian Song of Songs.
176XXXI.
66Introduction.
177XXXII.
67Hymn to Vishnu
178XXXIII.
68Sarga the First.
179XXXIV.
69The Sports of Krishna.
180XXXV.
70Sarga the Second.
181XXXVI.
71The Penitence of Krishna.
182XXXVII.
72Sarga the Third.
183XXXVIII.
73Krishna Troubled.
184XXXIX.
74Sarga the Fourth.
185XL.
75Krishna Cheered.
186XLI.
76Sarga the Fifth.
187XLII.
77The Longings of Krishna.
188XLIII.
78Sarga the Sixth.
189XLIV.
79Krishna Made Bolder.
190XLV.
80Sarga the Seventh.
191XLVI.
81Krishna Supposed False.
192XLVII.
82Sarga the Eighth.
193XLVIII.
83The Rebuking of Krishna.
194Adzuma; or, The Japanese Wife
84Sarga the Ninth.
195PROLOGUE.
85The End of Krishna's Trial.
196DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.
86Sarga the Tenth.
197ACT I.
87Krishna in Paradise.
198Scene 1.—Kyôtô.
88Sarga the Eleventh.
199Scene 2.
89The Union of Radha and Krishna.
200Scene 3.
90Miscellaneous Oriental Poems.
201ACT II.
91The Rajpoot Wife.
202Scene 1.
92King Saladin.
203Scene 2.
93The Caliph's Draught.
204Scene 3.
94Hindoo Funeral Song.
205Scene 4.
95Song of the Serpent-charmers.
206Scene 5.
96Song of the Flour-mill.
207ACT III.
97Taza ba Taza
208Scene 1.
98The Mussulman Paradise.
209Scene 2
99Dedication of a Poem From the Sanskrit.
210Scene 3.
100The Rajah's Ride.
211Scene 4.
101Two Books From The Iliad Of India.
212Scene 5.
102"The Great Journey."
213Scene 6.
103"The Entry Into Heaven."
214Scene 7.
104"Night of Slaughter."
215Act IV.
105The Morning Prayer.
216Scene 1.
106Proverbial Wisdom from the Shlokas of the Hitopadesa.
217Scene 2.
107Proverbial Wisdom From the Shlokas of the Hitopadesa.
218Scene 3.
108The Song Celestial; Or, Bhagavad-Gîtâ (from the Mahâbhârata)
219Scene 4.
109Dedication
220Scene 5.
110PREFACE
221Scene 6.
111CHAPTER I The Distress of Arjuna
222Scene 7.
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