Nilambari: Poems by Ajneya

Sachchidananda Hirananda Vatsyayan, Nilambari: Poems by Ajneya, Delhi: Clarion Books, 1981

pp. 86; dustjacket, endpapers and the title page with a double fold illustrated by eminent Indian painter Ram Kumar; hardback with dust jacket
9.4 x 6.1 x 0.3 in (24 x 15.5 x 1 cm)

Signed with inscription by Agyeya to an English poet: "Inscribed with great pleasure to Edward Lowbury / Agyeya [in Hindi] / Struga Poetry Festival 27th Aug. 83".

Lowbury [1913-2007] was an English poet and bacteriologist.

Vatsyayana's penname, meaning 'Beyond Comprehension', was also spelt Ajneya. He was an eminent Hindi poet, critic, journalist, and fiction writer of the 20th century.

Translated from Hindi by Vatsyayan himself.

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