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035 _a(OCoLC)1145903623
040 _aBLR
_beng
_erda
_cDLC
_dDLC
041 1 _aeng
_apra
_hpra
042 _apcc
050 0 0 _aPK5013.K8
_bL513 2021
082 1 0 _a891.3 KOU
_223
_b022986
100 1 _aKoūhala,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aLilavai /
_cKouhala ; edited and translated by Andrew Ollett.
264 1 _aCambridge, Massachusetts :
_bHarvard University Press,
_c2021.
300 _axxxvi, 387 pages ;
_c21 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aMurty classical library of India ;
_v29
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 _a"The Prakrit romance Līlāvaī, an early ninth-century poem attributed to Kouhala and set in modern-day coastal Andhra Pradesh, is the most celebrated work in the genre. Complexly narrated in the alternating voices of its heroines and heroes and featuring a cast of semi-divine and magical beings, it centers on three young women: Līlāvaī, princess of Sinhala (today's Sri Lanka); her cousin Mahanumai, princess of the mythical city Alaka; and Kuvalaavali, Mahanumai's adopted sister. Following a prophecy that Līlāvaī's husband will rule the earth, the princess happens upon a portrait of King Hala of Pratishthana and immediately falls in love. While journeying to meet him, she hears her cousins' tales of their lost loves, and then vows not to marry until they are reunited. To win Līlāvaī's hand, King Hala journeys to the underworld, faces monsters, and overcomes armies. Līlāvaī explores themes of karma and female desire, notably privileging women as storytellers. A new edition of the Prakrit text, presented in the Devanagari script, accompanies a new English prose translation"--
546 _aIn English and Prakrit;
_bDevanagari script.
650 0 _aLove poetry, Prakrit.
650 0 _aJaina literature, Prakrit.
650 0 _aBilingual books.
655 0 _aPoetry.
700 1 _aOllett, Andrew,
_d1986-
_eeditor,
_etranslator.
700 0 2 _aKoūhala.
_tLīlāvaī.
700 0 2 _aKoūhala.
_tLīlāvaī.
_lEnglish.
830 0 _aMurty classical library of India ;
_v29.
906 _a7
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