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028			_a:International Book Distributors _b:Flat No 17, Prakash Apartment 4405/2, 5 Ansari Road Darya Ganj New Delhi _c:117733 _d:05/05/2022
082			_a891.3 KOU
100			_aKoūhala
245			_aLilavai _c/ Koūhala
260			_aCambridge, Massachusetts _b: Harvard University Press, _c©2021
300			_axxxvi, 387p. _c ; 21 cm.
365			_b2800
490			_aMurty classical library of India, 29.
520			_aThe 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"
650			_aLiteratures
650			_aEast Indo-European and Celtic literatures
650			_aLove poetry, Prakrit.
650			_aJaina literature, Prakrit.
650			_aBilingual books.
700			_aKoūhala
700			_aOllett, Andrew
942			_cBOOK
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