How the Nagas Were Pleased & The Shattered Thighs

Klappentext 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 bh rata war. As he dies from a foul blow to the legs delivered in his duel with Bhima, Dury--dhana's character is inverted, depicted as a noble and gracious exemplar amidst the wreckage of the fearsome battle scene. Zusammenfassung Two tragic plays that break the rules! showing the hero dying on stage! a scenario forbidden in Sanskrit dramaturgy

Product details

• Authors: Bhasa, Harsa, Harsha, Andrew/ Harsha/ Bhasa Skilton
• Assisted by: Andrew Skilton (Translation)
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2009
• EAN: 9780814740668
• ISBN: 978-0-8147-4066-8
• No. of pages: 400
• Series: Clay Sanskrit Library; Clay Sanskrit Library
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature