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

Harṣa

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

Clay Sanskrit Library

Harṣa with Bhāsa, Andrew Skilton

380 pages first pub 2008 (view 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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