The King and the Clown in South Indian Myth and Poetry

David Dean Shulman

The King and the Clown in South Indian Myth and Poetry
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Country
United States
Published
28 June 2016
Pages
466
ISBN
9780691633688

The King and the Clown in South Indian Myth and Poetry

David Dean Shulman

The author discusses the tragi-comic aspect of Chola kingship in relation to other Indian expressions of comedy, such as the Vidiisaka of Sanskrit drama, folk tales of the jester Tenali Rama, and clowns of the South Indian shadow-puppet theaters. The symbolism of the king emerges as part of a wider range of major symbolic figures–Brahmins, courtes

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