عنوان

Three satires /

(Number (ISBN

0814788149

(Number (ISBN

9780814788141

Number

b702253

Title Proper

Three satires /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

Nīlakaṇṭha, Kṣemendra & Bhallaṭa ; edited and translated by Somadeva Vasudeva.

Edition Statement

1st ed.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

JJC Foundation,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2005.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

403 pages ;

Dimensions

17 cm

Series Title

The Clay Sanskrit library

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-381) and index.

Text of Note

Bhallata's The hundred allegories -- Kshemendra's The grace of guile -- Nilakantha's Mockery of the Kali era.

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Text of Note

"Written over a period of eight hundred years, these works represent alternative approaches to satire." "Bhallata sought vengeance on his boorish new king by producing vicious sarcastic verse, "The Hundred Allegories." The disgruntled ninth-century CE court poet speaks of a setting sun, his former king and patron Avanti-varman, being replaced by a flickering firefly, the new king Shankara-varman, who did not continue his predecessor's patronage." "The artistry that captivates the Kashmirian Kshemendra in the eleventh century in "The Grace of Guile" is as varied as human nature and just as fallible. He presents himself as a social reformer out to shame the complacent into compliance with Vedic morality." "In the seventeenth century CE, Nila-kantha gets straight to the point in his "Mockery of the Kali Era": little can redeem the fallen characters he portrays, so his duty is simply to warn about the corruption of academics, sorcerers, astrologers, physicians, poets, relatives, and others."--Jacket.

Parallel Title

3 satires

Satire, Sanskrit, Translations into English.

Satire sanscrite, Traductions anglaises

18.64 ancient Indian languages and/or literature.

Satire-- Sanskrit (langue)-- Traductions anglaises.

Satire, Sanskrit.

Spotdichten.

Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Class number

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System Code

System Code

Bhallaṭa,active 9th century.

Kṣemendra,active 11th century.

Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita,active 17th century.

Date of Transaction

20201207175046.0

Electronic name

[Book]

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