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The Ocean of Mirth - Reading Hasyarnava-Prahasanam of Jagade-svara Bhatta- cha- rya, A Political Satire for All Times (Hardcover)
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The Ocean of Mirth - Reading Hasyarnava-Prahasanam of Jagade-svara Bhatta- cha- rya, A Political Satire for All Times (Hardcover)
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The Ocean of Mirth brings together an English translation and an
analytical interpretation of a singularly crucial, but obscure,
Sanskrit medieval text, the Hasyarnava-Prahasanam of Jagadesvara
Bhattacharya. As a political satire, the volume finds significant
resonances among contemporary questions of politics and society
across the world, and examines the tension inherent in the clash of
ideas such as freedom and order. In an unabashed celebration of
disorder as the only way to fight violence, tyranny and autocratic
impulses, Hasyarnava suggests no return to a Golden Age or to the
rule of an iconic king; nor is there a promise of a saviour-a
political farce that ends without any denouement in sight. One of
the first authentic English translations of a neglected Sanskrit
text from medieval India, this translation throws up interesting
questions regarding values such as freedom, violence, order, chaos
and disorder. This volume will be a major intervention in the
discovery of a significant non-canonical text of classical
literature and will be indispensable for students, scholars and
researchers of politics, philosophy, sociology, Indian literatures,
Indology, comparative literature and culture studies.
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