The quartet of causeries
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The quartet of causeries
（The Clay Sanskrit library, 49）
New York University Press : JJC Foundation, 2009
1st ed
- : cloth
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Caturbhānī
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Note
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]
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
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