Rupa Gosvamin Book order

The earthly King Pururavas rescues the celestial nymph Urvashi from a demon, and thus begins a majestic love story that brings heaven and earth together. Both are struck with Kama's arrow in their very first meeting, but each shies away from saying anything because the distance between them seems insurmountable. Even when they do confess their love, magical transformations and heavenly curses keep the lovers apart. Will Pururavas succeed in his quest for Urvashi?A magnificent drama based on an episode from the Rig Veda, Vikramorvashiyam is filled with dramatic turns of event, music, and dance. The scenes, characters, and dialogues are at once lively and theatrical as well as sensitive and speculative. Believed to be the second of Kalidasa's three plays, Vikramorvashiyam is an undisputed classic from ancient Indian literature. A.N.D. Haksar's brilliant new translation gives contemporary readers an opportunity to savor this delightful tale.

Second of a two-volume work. Bhakti-Rasāmṛta-Sindhu (literally "The Ocean of Nectar of Divine Love") can be considered to be one of the most important books in Gaudiya Vaishnavism. It elaborately describes gradations of bhakti from its lowest stage of sraddha (faith) up to its highest stage of maha-bhava (ultimate ecstasy in love of Godhead). Bhakti, love of God, devotional service. Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu is one of the major works of Srīla Rupa Gosvāmī, and a mainstay of the Gaudīya Vaiṣṇava sampradāya. This second volume contains the definition of the principal Bhakti-rasas: Santa-bhakti-rasa, Prīti-bhakti-rasa (Dāsya-rasa), Preyo-bhakti-rasa (Sakhya-rasa), Vatsala-bhakti-rasa, Madhura-bhakti-rasa, Hāsya-bhakti-rasa, Adbhuta-bhakti-rasa, Vīra-bhakti-rasa, Karuṇa-bhakti-rasa, Raudra-bhakti-rasa, Bhayānaka-bhakti-rasa, Bībhatsa-bhakti-rasa, Friendly and Inimical rasas and Rasābhāsa.