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

ISBN-13: 9780814740668 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 380 str.

Harsha

Opis

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 sacrifice to save a hostage snake ("naga"). The Shattered Thighs, attributed to Bhasa, the illustrious predecessor to ancient Kali.dasa, transforms a crucial episode of the Maha.bharata war. As he dies from a foul blow to the legs delivered in his duel with Bhima, Duryodhana's character is inverted, depicted as a noble and gracious exemplar amidst the wreckage of the fearsome battle scene."