"How the nāgas were pleased" & "The shattered thighs"
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"How the nāgas were pleased" . & "The shattered thighs"
（The Clay Sanskrit library, 39）
New York University Press : JJC Foundation, 2009
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Nāgānanda
How the nāgas were pleased ; The Shattered thighs
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Includes bibliographical references and index
In English and Sanskrit (romanized) on facing pages
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Description
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.
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