Much Ado About Religion

Informationen zum Autor Bhatta Jayanta Klappentext This play satirizes various religions in Kashmir and their place in the politics of King Shankaravarman (883-902). The leading character is a young and dynamic orthodox graduate, whose career starts as a glorious campaign against the heretic Buddhists, Jains, and other antisocial sects. By the end of the play he realizes that the interests of the monarch do not encourage such inquisitional rigor. Zusammenfassung Satirizes various religions in Kashmir and their place in the politics of King Shankaravarman (1883-1902). This title offers a mixture of fiction and history! of scathing satire and intriguing philosophical argumentation.

Product details

• Authors: Jayanta Bhatta, Jayanta, Bhatta Jayanta, Csaba Jayanta Bhatta/ Dezso
• Assisted by: Csaba Dezsö (Editor), csaba Dezso (Translation), Csaba Dezsö (Translation)
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.02.2005
• EAN: 9780814719794
• ISBN: 978-0-8147-1979-4
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 114 mm x 165 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Clay Sanskrit Library; Clay Sanskrit Library
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama > Drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies