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- Publisher: Bonnier Publishing Fiction
- Year: 2016
- ISBN: 9781479802869
- ISBN-10: 1479802867
- ISBN-13: 9781479802869
- Format: ePub
- Language: English
How the Nagas Were Pleased by Harsha & The Shattered Thighs by Bhasa (e-book) (used book) | bookbook.eu
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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 sacrifice to save a hostage snake (naga). The Shattered Thighs, attributed to Bhasa, the illustrious predecessor to ancient Kali·dasa, transforms a crucial episode of the Maha·bhárata war. As he dies from a foul blow to the legs delivered in his duel with Bhima, Duryódhana's character is inverted, depicted as a noble and gracious exemplar amidst the wreckage of the fearsome battle scene.
- Publisher: Bonnier Publishing Fiction
- Year: 2016
- ISBN: 9781479802869
- ISBN-10: 1479802867
- ISBN-13: 9781479802869
- Format: ePub
- Language: English English
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 sacrifice to save a hostage snake (naga). The Shattered Thighs, attributed to Bhasa, the illustrious predecessor to ancient Kali·dasa, transforms a crucial episode of the Maha·bhárata war. As he dies from a foul blow to the legs delivered in his duel with Bhima, Duryódhana's character is inverted, depicted as a noble and gracious exemplar amidst the wreckage of the fearsome battle scene.
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