Śakuntalā: Texts, Readings, HistoriesKali for Women, 1999 - 271 pages A close and engaging review of 'Sakuntala' taking in historical, social and literary readings. |
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... earth to her four horizons , O best of the Bharatas . This triumphant king enjoyed the earth entire with all four quarters , and also countries that are surrounded by the ocean ; and the pleasure of this scourge of his enemies extended ...
... earth to her four horizons , O best of the Bharatas . This triumphant king enjoyed the earth entire with all four quarters , and also countries that are surrounded by the ocean ; and the pleasure of this scourge of his enemies extended ...
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... earth . Do not stoop to deceit , lion among kings . The gift of one pond is better than a hundred wells , one sacrifice is more than a hundred ponds , one son more than a hundred sacrifices , one truth more than a hundred sons . A ...
... earth . Do not stoop to deceit , lion among kings . The gift of one pond is better than a hundred wells , one sacrifice is more than a hundred ponds , one son more than a hundred sacrifices , one truth more than a hundred sons . A ...
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... earth , and even though the earth is said to be extensive and as far as the settlements of the mleccha ( social outcastes ) and the forest peoples , it is not a title which would have been used in a sophisticated court . The pastoral ...
... earth , and even though the earth is said to be extensive and as far as the settlements of the mleccha ( social outcastes ) and the forest peoples , it is not a title which would have been used in a sophisticated court . The pastoral ...
Contents
The Narrative from the Mahābhārata | 10 |
The Abhijñānaśākuntalam of Kālidāsa | 44 |
Popular and high culture as historical parallels | 170 |
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