| Description |
1 online resource. |
| Series |
South Asia across the disciplines |
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South Asia across the disciplines.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Beginning in the sixth century C.E. and continuing for more than a thousand years, an extraordinary poetic practice was the trademark of a major literary movement in South Asia. Authors invented a special language to depict both the apparent and hidden sides of disguised or dual characters, and then used it to narrate India's major epics, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, simultaneously. Originally produced in Sanskrit, these dual narratives eventually worked their way into regional languages, especially Telugu and Tamil, and other artistic media, such as sculptur. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Contents |
FIGURES AND TABLES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; A NOTE ON SANSKRIT TRANSLITERATION; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; APPENDIX 1; NOTES; REFERENCES; INDEX. |
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Sanskrit poetry -- History and criticism.
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Puns and punning in literature.
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TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Literary.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- General.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Asian -- General.
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Puns and punning in literature. (OCoLC)fst01084161
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Sanskrit poetry. (OCoLC)fst01105263
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9786612872372 (DLC) 2009028171 |
| Standard No. |
9786612872372 |
| ISBN |
023152529X (electronic bk.) |
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9780231525299 (electronic bk.) |
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