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100			_aMagha, _91636356 _eauthor
245			_aThe killing of Shishupala / _cMagha ; edited and translated by Paul Dundas.
260			_aLondon : _bHarvard University Press, _c2017.
490	1		_aMurty Classical Library of India.
520			_a"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. Magha’s The Killing of Shishupala, written in the seventh century, is a celebrated example of the Sanskrit genre known as mahākāvya, or great poem. This adaptation from the epic Mahābhārata tells the story of Shishupala, who disrupts Yudhishthira’s coronation by refusing to honor Krishna, the king’s principal ally and a manifestation of divinity. When Shishupala challenges Krishna to combat, he is immediately beheaded. Magha, who was likely a court poet in western India, draws on the rich stylistic resources of Sanskrit poetry to imbue his work with unparalleled sophistication. He expands the narrative’s cosmic implications through elaborate depictions of the natural world and intense erotic sensuality, mixing myth and classical erudition with scenes of political debate and battlefield slaughter. Krishna is variously portrayed as refined prince, formidable warrior and incarnation of the god Vishnu protecting the world from demonic threat."--
650			_aPoetry _vDeath _yearly works to 1800. _91636867
650			_aPoetry _vKrishna (Hindu deity) _yearly works to 1800. _91636868
700	1		_aDundas, Paul, _eeditor _etranslator _9398467
830			_aMurty Classical Library of India. _91636863
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