Gameplay as Foreplay at a Medieval Indian Court

This study focuses on the singular courtly game of phañjikā described in the 12th-century Mānasollāsa attributed to King Someśvara III of the Western Cālukya Empire. It shows that phañjikā belongs to the family of cruciform race games, which also counts the famous games of caupaṛ and paccīsī among i...

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Main Author: Jacob Schmidt-Madsen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Alberta 2022-09-01
Series:History of Science in South Asia
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Online Access:https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/hssa/index.php/hssa/article/view/82