This study presents a close philological and interpretive analysis of the Saundarya Lahari, a canonical Sanskrit hymn attributed to Ādi Śaṅkarācārya and central to the Śākta tradition. Comprising 100 ślokas, the text uniquely fuses devotional poetry with metaphysical doctrine, portraying Goddess Lalitā Tripurasundarī as the embodiment of supreme consciousness and cosmic function. The feminine form... more

This study investigates the translation strategies Arthur Waley employed for culture-loaded words in the "Jiu ge" (The Nine Songs) section of the Chu Ci, with Susan Bassnett’s cultural translation theory (centered on cultural functional equivalence and cultural symbol transfer) as the primary analytical framework, integrated with Eugene Nida’s cultural taxonomy. As the origin of Chinese... more