Much ado about religion
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Much ado about religion
（The Clay Sanskrit library）
New York University Press : JJC Foundation, 2005
1st ed
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Āgamaḍambara
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Sanskrit text (romanized) and English translation
Includes bibliographical references (p. 296-301) and index
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This play satirizes various religions in Kashmir and their place in the politics of King Shankaravarman (883 902). The leading character is a young and dynamic orthodox graduate, whose career starts as a glorious campaign against the heretic Buddhists, Jains, and other antisocial sects. By the end of the play he realizes that the interests of the monarch do not encourage such inquisitional rigor.
Unique in Sanskrit literature, Jayanta Bhatta's play, Much Ado About Religion, is a curious mixture of fiction and history, of scathing satire and intriguing philosophical argumentation. The play satirizes various religions in Kashmir and their place in the politics of King Shankara*varman (883-902 CE). The leading character, Sankarshana, is a young and dynamic orthodox graduate of Vedic studies, whose career starts as a glorious campaign against the heretic Buddhists, Jains and other antisocial sects.
Co-published by New York University Press and the JJC Foundation
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