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

Michele Eliason, Brett Beemyn with Andrew Skilton (Translator)

400 pages • first pub 2009 (view 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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