Prisons in Sanskrit Literature: A Comparison of Arthaśāstra and Vāgmaṇḍanaguṇadūtakāvya Descriptions
Prison descriptions are not often found in Sanskrit literature. Therefore, it is surprising that a very detailed description of prison life should be found in a kāvya, specifically, the Vāgmaṇḍanaguṇadūtakāvya. A fragment of this obscure text, which has only been published once, gives a quite realis...
Main Author: | Lidia Szczepanik |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Ksiegarnia Akademicka Publishing
2013-12-01
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Series: | Cracow Indological Studies |
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Online Access: | https://journals.akademicka.pl/cis/article/view/1548 |
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