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The Rise of Wisdom Moon

The Rise of Wisdom Moon

Mishra, Krishna
Kapstein, Matthew
Mohanty, J. N.

Hardcover

Series: Clay Sanskrit Library, Book 1

Fiction Anthologies

ISBN10: 0814748384
ISBN13: 9780814748381
Publisher: Clay Sanskrit
Published: Oct 31 2009
Pages: 396
Weight: 0.71
Height: 1.10 Width: 4.40 Depth: 6.50
Language: English
The Rise of Wisdom Moon was composed during the mid-eleventh century by Krishna-mishra, an otherwise unknown poet in the service of the Chandella dynasty, whose cultural and religious capital was Khajuraho. The early popularity of Krishna-mishra's work led to its frequent translation into the vernaculars of both North and South India, and even Persian as well. Famed as providing the enduring model of the allegorical play for all subsequent Sanskrit literature, The Rise of Wisdom Moon offers a satirical account of the conquest of the holy city of Benares by Nescience, of the war of liberation waged by the forces of Intuition, and of the freedom of the Inner Man that then follows the rise of Wisdom. But at the outset, when Nescience still has the upper hand, with minions like Lord Lust, such developments seem unlikely.

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