A. N. D. Haksar: Difference between revisions

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1933|12|3}}

| birth_place = [[Gwalior]], [[British India]]

| education = {{ubl|[[The Doon School]]|[[University of Allahabad]]|[[University of Oxford]]}}

| occupation = Diplomat, translator, writer

| language = [[English language|English]]

'''Aditya Narayan Dhairyasheel Haksar''' (born 3 December 1933) is a well known translator of [[Sanskrit]] classics into [[English language|English]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.harpercollins.com/author/|title=A.N.D Haksar|website=HarperCollins Publishers: World-Leading Book Publisher|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-18|archive-date=17 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417175707/https://www.harpercollins.com/author/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Born in [[Gwalior]], central [[India]], he is a graduate of [[The Doon School]], [[Allahabad University]] and [[Oxford University]]. He was a career diplomat, serving as Indian High Commissioner to [[Kenya]] and the [[Seychelles]], Minister in the [[United States]], Ambassador to [[Portugal]] and [[Yugoslavia]], and he also served as Dean of India's [[Foreign Service Institute, India|Foreign Service Institute]] and President of the [[United Nations Environment Programme|U.N. Environment Programme]]'s Governing Council.<ref>{{cite web |title=Penguin India |url=httphttps://wwwpenguin.penguinbooksindiaco.comin/enbook_author/content/anda-n-d-haksar-2/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=United Nations Environmental Programme|url=http://www.unep.org/Documents.multilingual/Default.asp?DocumentID=62&ArticleID=471&l=en|access-date=11 November 2015|archive-date=17 November 2004|archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20041117121418/http://www.unep.org/Documents.Multilingual/Default.asp?DocumentID=62&ArticleID=471&l=en|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Haksar is noted for his collection of translations from Sanskrit.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1940250.A_N_D_Haksar|title=A.N.D. Haksar|website=www.goodreads.com|access-date=2019-05-18}}</ref> He has increasingly focused on the ''[[Katha (storytelling format)|kathā]]'' or narrative Sanskrit literature, the manuscript archive of which may amount to some 40,000 volumes.<ref>{{cite speech|title=Sanskrit and OCR|last=Ingalls|first=Dan|location=Xerox PARC|date=1980|url=http://vimeo.com/4714623|accessdate=31 December 2013}}</ref> This is in part because many generations of orientalist scholars had overlooked this rich tradition in favor of more ancient religious texts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://venetiaansell.wordpress.com/2008/10/30/an-interview-with-and-haksar/|title=An Interview with A. N. D. Haksar|date=30 October 2008 |accessdate=31 December 2013}}</ref> His ''kathā'' translations include ''[[Shuka Saptati]]'',<ref>{{cite book|title=Shuka Saptati|last=Haksar|first=A. N. D.|publisher=Harper Collins India|year=2008|isbn=978-8-172-23370-9}}</ref> and the first ever renditions into English of ''Madhavanala Katha'' and ''[[Samaya Mātrikā|Samaya Matrika]]'', respectively published as ''Madhav & Kama''<ref>{{cite book|title=Madhav & Kama|last=Haksar|first=A. N. D.|publisher=Roli Books|year=2006|isbn=978-8-186-93924-6}}</ref> and ''The Courtesan's Keeper''.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Courtesan's Keeper|last=Haksar|first=A. N. D.|publisher=Rupa & Co|year=2009|isbn=978-8-129-11336-8}}</ref>

=== TranslationsTranslated ===

#''[[Shuka Saptati]]- Seventy Tales of the Parrot'' (2000)<ref>{{Cite book|title=Shuka Saptati- Seventy Tales of the Parrot|last=Haksar|first=A.N.D.|publisher=HarperCollins India|year=2000|isbn=|location=|pages=}}</ref>

#The ''[[Jatakamala]]'' ''of Arya Shura'' (2003)<ref>{{Cite book|title=Jatakamala of Arya Shura|last=Haksar|first=A.N.D.|publisher=HarperCollins India|year=2003|isbn=|location=|pages=}}</ref> with a foreword by H.H. the [[14th Dalai Lama|Dalai Lama]]

#''Madhav and Kama - A Love Story from Ancient India'' (2006)<ref>{{Cite book|title=Madhav and Kama - A Love Story from Ancient India|last=Haksar|first=A.N.D.|publisher=IndiaInk Roli Books|year=2006|isbn=|location=|pages=}}</ref>

# the verse anthology ''[[Subhashita|Subhashitavali]]vali'' (2007)<ref>{{cite book |last=Haksar |first=A. N. D. |year=2007 |title=Subhashitavali |publisher=Penguin Classics}}</ref>

#''The Courtesan’s Keeper - [[Samaya Matrika]]'' of [[Kshemendra]] (2008)<ref>{{cite book |last=Haksar |first=A. N. D. |year=2008 |title=The Courtesan’sCourtesan's Keeper - Samaya Matrika |publisher=Rupa & Co}}</ref>

#''The Seduction of Shiva - Tales of Life and Love'' (2014) <ref>{{cite book |last=Haksar |first=A. N. D. |year=2014 |title=The Seduction of Shiva - Tales of Life and Love |publisher=Penguin Classics}}</ref>

#''Suleiman Charitra of [[Kalyanamalla|Kalyana Malla]]'' (2015)<ref>{{Cite book|title=Suleiman Charitra of Kalyana Malla|last=Haksar|first=A.N.D.|publisher=Penguin Books India|year=2015|isbn=|location=|pages=}}</ref>

#''[[Raghuvaṃśa|Raghuvamsam]]'' of [[Kālidāsa|Kalidasa]] (2016)<ref>{{Cite book|title=Raghuvamsam|last=Haksar|first=A.N.D.|publisher=Penguin Books India|year=2016|isbn=|location=|pages=}}</ref>

#''The Ending of Arrogance – Darpadalanam'' of [[Kshemendra]] (2016)<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Ending of Arrogance – Darpadalanam|last=Haksar|first=A.N.D.|publisher=Rasala Books|year=2016|isbn=|location=Bangalore|pages=}}</ref>

#''Three Hundred Verses'' of [[Bhartṛhari|Bhartrihari]] (2017)<ref>{{Cite book|title=Three Hundred Verses|last=Haksar|first=A.N.D.|publisher=Penguin Books India|year=2017|isbn=|location=|pages=}}</ref>

#''[[Ṛtusaṃhāra|Ritusamharam]] – A Gathering of Seasons'' by [[Kālidāsa|Kalidasa]] (2018)<ref>{{Cite book|title=Ritusamharam - A Gathering of Seasons|last=Haksar|first=A.N.D.|publisher=Penguin India|year=2018|isbn=|location=|pages=}}</ref>

#''A Tale of Wonder – Kathakautukam'' by Srivara (2019)<ref>{{Cite book|title=A Tale of Wonder – Kathakautukam|last=Haksar|first=A.N.D.|publisher=Penguin India|year=2019|isbn=|location=|pages=}}</ref>

=== EditsEdited ===

*''A Treasury of Sanskrit Poetry'' (2002)<ref>{{cite book |last=Haksar |first=A. N. D. |year=2002 |title= A Treasury of Sanskrit Poetry |publisher=Indian Council for Cultural Relations |isbn=978-8-175-41116-6}}</ref> for the [[Indian Council for Cultural Relations]]. Translated into