MARC details
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01749 a2200205 4500 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780674251731 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
891.3 |
| Item number |
KOU |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Kouhala |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Lilavai |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
Cambridge, Massachusetts: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Harvard University Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2021 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xxxvi,387p. |
| Other physical details |
pbk. |
| Dimensions |
21cm |
| 440 ## - SERIES STATEMENT/ADDED ENTRY--TITLE |
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| Title |
Murty Classical Library of India;29 |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
The Prakrit romance Lilavai, 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: Lilavai, 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 Lilavai’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 Lilavai’s hand, King Hala journeys to the underworld, faces monsters, and overcomes armies.<br/><br/>Lilavai 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.<br/><br/>https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674247598<br/> |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Love poetry--Prakrit |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Jaina literature--Prakrit |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Bilingual books |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Ollett, Andrew |
| Relator term |
Editor and Translator |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Item type |
Books |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Dewey Decimal Classification |
