

Cea mai cunoscuta adaptare a fost cea in limba franceza din 1950. Romanul a fost tradus in limba italiana in 1945, in germana in 1948, spaniola in 1952, esperanto in 2007. Infatiseaza fictiv povestea de dragoste dintre Eliade, care vizita India la acea perioada, si tanara Maitreyi Devi (aflata sub aripa marelui poet indian Rabindranath Tagore, si ajungand ea insasi o mare poeta). Maitreyi (Noaptea Bengaleza) este un roman al filosofului Mircea Eliade aparut in 1933. "Let your life lightly dance on the edges of time like dew on the tip of a leaf" This cache will bring you close to the comemorative oak tree seeded in 1961 to celebrate 100 years from the birth of the great indian poet. In fulfillment of a promise Eliade made to Maitreyi (that his novel would not be published in English during their lifetimes) an English translation of Mayitreyi, Bengal Nights did not appear until 1993. Its most famous translation is the one in French, published as La Nuit Bengali in 1950. The novel was translated into Italian in 1945, German in 1948, Spanish in 1952, Esperanto in 2007.

It is a fictionalized account of the love story between Eliade, who was visiting India at the time, and the young Maitreyi Devi (protegée of the great Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore, who became a famous writer herself). Maitreyi (La Nuit Bengali, French Bengal Nights, English) is a 1933 Romanian novel written by the author and philosopher Mircea Eliade.
