Welcome to the Clay Sanskrit Library

The Clay Sanskrit Library is a series of books covering a wide spectrum of Classical Sanskrit literature spanning two millennia. Bound in the convenient pocket size (4.5" x 6.5") in an elegant design, each work features the original Sanskrit text in transliterated Roman letters on the left-hand page with its English translation on the facing page.

Forty-four leading scholars from ten countries are cooperating to produce fresh new translations that combine readability and accuracy. Since the Clay Sanskrit Library was launched in 2005, forty-nine volumes have appeared so far, including twelve new volumes in 2009, and another seven titles are scheduled to be released in August 2009. The selection represents the richness and wide variety of Sanskrit lieterature, covering works of drama, poetry, satire and novels, as well as the two famous epics, the Maha·bhárata and the Ramáyana.