Verlag:
Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
This book presents a fresh perspective on the works of canonical figures of Sanskrit literature. In the process, it raises interesting questions: Is Vālmīki's Sīta a feminist archetype? Is infidelity a virtue of Cārudatta of the play,...
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Centre for Asian and Transcultural Studies (CATS), Abteilung Südasien
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ind 55 A 21/1660
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This book presents a fresh perspective on the works of canonical figures of Sanskrit literature. In the process, it raises interesting questions: Is Vālmīki's Sīta a feminist archetype? Is infidelity a virtue of Cārudatta of the play, Mṛichchhakatika? Is Mudrārākṣasa of the seventh century an existential play? It answers such queries convincingly in a thoughtful and informative prose. Narrating the Indian doctrine of Rasa, the book explores whether evocation of rasa is a subjective phenomenon or, as a famous neurologist averred, universal
