How the Nagas Were Pleased by Harsha & the Shattered Thighs by Bhasa by

How the Nagas Were Pleased by Harsha & the Shattered Thighs by Bhasa

Clay Sanskrit Library

with Andrew Skilton (Translator)

353 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction classics literary medium-paced

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Two tragic plays that break the rules: both show the hero dying on stage, a scenario forbidden in Sanskrit dramaturgy. King Harsha's play, composed in the seventh century, re-examines the Buddhist tale of a magician prince who makes the ultimate s...

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