The Killing of Shishupala

Maghäs The Killing of Shishupala is a celebrated seventh-century Sanskrit poem that tells the story of Shishupaläs refusal to honor the divine Krishna at the coronation of Yudhishthira. Through this translation, the first into English, readers gain access to a sophisticated work that has dazzled Indian audiences for a thousand years.

About the author

Paul Dundas is Reader in Sanskrit at the University of Edinburgh.

Summary

Magha’s The Killing of Shishupala is a celebrated seventh-century Sanskrit poem that tells the story of Shishupala’s refusal to honor the divine Krishna at the coronation of Yudhishthira. Through this translation, the first into English, readers gain access to a sophisticated work that has dazzled Indian audiences for a thousand years.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Dundas, Maagha, Magha, Magha Magha
• Assisted by: Paul Dundas (Editor), Paul Dundas (Translation), Reader in Sanskrit Paul Dundas (Translation), Dundas Paul (Editor and translation)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2017
• EAN: 9780674660397
• ISBN: 978-0-674-66039-7
• No. of pages: 832
• Dimensions: 145 mm x 210 mm x 45 mm
• Series: Murty Classical Library of India; Murty Classical Library of Ind; Murty Classical Library of India; Murty Classical Library of Ind; Murty Classical Library of India - HUP
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies; POETRY / General, Poetry, Asian History, Indian sub-continent, South Asia (Indian sub-continent), HISTORY / Asia / South / General, Poetry / Poems