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The quartet of causeries

by Śyāmilaka ... [et al.] ; edited and translated by Csaba Dezső & Somadeva Vasudeva

(The Clay Sanskrit library, 49)

New York University Press : JJC Foundation, 2009

1st ed

  • : cloth

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Caturbhānī

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Sanskrit texts with parallel English translations on facing pages

Includes bibliographical references

Contents of Works

  • The kick / [Śyāmilaka]
  • The mutual elopement / [Vararuci]
  • The lotus gift / [Śūdraka]
  • Rogue and pimp confer / [Īśvaradatta]

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The Quartet of Causeries have been handed down as a collection of the most ancient monologue farces in classical Sanskrit. Though stylistically divergent, they share a common plot: the hero is an inept, bungling procurer, who mismanages his client's love-affairs to an unexpectedly successful completion. A wide spectrum of India's urban society is scandalized, from respected judges to clumsy poetasters, from hypocritical Buddhist monks to greedy madams, from spoiled scions of wealthy houses to criminal low-life. Co-published by New York University Press and the JJC Foundation For more on this title and other titles in the Clay Sanskrit series, please visit http://www.claysanskritlibrary.org

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