The Rise of Wisdom Moon

by Krishna mishra, Matthew Kapstein (Translator), J. N. Mohanty (Translator)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781479852642
Publisher:	New York University Press
Publication date:	10/01/2016
Series:	Clay Sanskrit Library , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	396
File size:	59 MB
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