Research Catalog

Title

"The lady of the jeweled necklace" ; and, "The lady who shows her love" / by Harṣa ; translated by Wendy Doniger.

Author

Harṣavardhana, King of Thānesar and Kanauj, active 606-647.

Publication

New York : New York University Press : JJC Foundation, 2006.

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Details

Additional Authors

Doniger, Wendy

Description

514 p. : map; 17 cm.

Summary

"Here is a new Clay Sanskrit Library translation of two plays by Harsha, The Lady of the Jewel Necklace and The Lady who Shows her Love." "King Harsha reigned over Kanauj (near modern Kanpur) from 606 to 647 CE. He composed two plays about the mythical figures of King Udayana, his queen, Vasava dalta, and two of his co-wives. The plays abound in mistaken identities, both political and erotic. Characters masquerade as one another and as themselves, and each play refers simultaneously to itself and to the other." "Here language is not merely to look through to get to the story but to look at. Mistaken identities are mirrored in the rich use of puns and extended double entendre, and these verbal tricks are part of what happened, theatrical events like putting on a mask or telling a lie." "Mirroring the doubling of the characters, the plays too are doubled. Many stanzas and elements of plot appear in both, but key differences skew the mirror images."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

Clay Sanskrit library

Uniform Title

• Ratnāvalī. English & Sanskrit
• Clay Sanskrit library.

Alternative Title

• Ratnāvalī.
• Lady who shows her love.

Subject

• Harṣavardhana, King of Thānesar and Kanauj, active 606-647 > Translations into English
• Sanskrit drama > Translations into English

Genre/Form

• Translations
• Translations.

Note

• Plays.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 56-58) and index.

Language (note)

• In English and Sanskrit

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Sanskrit alphabetical order -- CSL conventions -- Harsha Plays -- Introduction
• "The Lady of the Jewel Necklace" -- Act I: The Festival of Passion -- Benediction -- Prelude -- Interlude -- Act II: The Banana Bower -- Interlude -- Act III: The Rendezvous -- Interlude -- Act IV: The Magician -- Interlude
• "The Lady Who Shows Her Love" -- Act I -- Benediction -- Prelude to Act I -- Act II -- Act III -- Act IV -- Prelude to Act IV -- Paraphrase of Prakrit (ch ay a)

ISBN

• 9780814719961 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 0814719961 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2006033976

OCLC

• 72871368
• SCSB-11955450

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library