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message 1: by Nathan "N.R." (last edited May 29, 2016 09:06AM) (new)

Nathan "N.R." Gaddis (nathannrgaddis) | 84 comments The Killing of Shishupala
Magha, edited and translated by Paul Dundas

Magha’s The Killing of Shishupala is a celebrated seventh-century Sanskrit poem that tells the story of Shishupala’s refusal to honor the divine Krishna at the coronation of Yudhishthira. Through this translation, the first into English, readers gain access to a sophisticated work that has dazzled Indian audiences for a thousand years.
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Vrixton Phillips (sirredcrosse) | 3 comments I actually just ordered this and Arjuna and the Hunter in paperback from New Dehli from abebooks. It was the only way I could afford them haha.
Looking forward to it, though, since they say Magha's poem is one of the great mahakavyas making excellent use of chitrakavya and even creating that still-wrapping-my-head-around-it wheel shape in a verse.
Poems like this are why I want to study Sanskrit in grad school.


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Nathan "N.R." Gaddis (nathannrgaddis) | 84 comments Vrixton wrote: "I actually just ordered this and Arjuna and the Hunter in paperback from New Dehli from abebooks. It was the only way I could afford them haha.
Looking forward to it, though, since ..."


Very nice. Please do keep us updated.


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