Morgan, Les

Dr. Ram Karan Sharma is an esteemed Sanskrit scholar and poet. As a Fulbright scholar he received his Ph.D. in Sanskrit from the University of California. He has served as President of the International Association of Sanskrit Studies. He has published more than one hundred papers and numerous books, including Elements of Poetry in the Mahabharata, a systematic analysis of similes, metaphors, and figures of speech in the context of oral poetry. He was the translator for the seven-volume edition of the Caraka Samhita. His Shivasahasranamastakam is a study of eight versions of the Shiva Sahasran...