How the Nagas Were Pleased by Harsha and the Shattered Thighs by Bhasa by Brett Beemyn, Michele Eliason
How the Nagas Were Pleased by Harsha and the Shattered Thighs by Bhasa
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Brett Beemyn, Michele Eliason
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How the Nagas Were Pleased by Harsha and the Shattered Thighs by Bhasa

Brett Beemyn, Michele Eliason with Andrew Skilton (Translator)

400 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

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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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