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028			_aBrijwasi Book Distributors _bH-87, Lalita Park, Laxmi Nagar, Delhi _cBW/000281 _d30/10/2025
082			_a891.209 MAL
100			_aTara Sheemar Malhan.
245			_a Plunging the ocean _b: Courts, castes and courtesans in the Kathasaritsagara. _c/ Tara Sheemar Malhan.
260			_aNew Delhi _b : Primus _c, 2017.
300			_a333p. _c: 24cm.
365			_b696.50
520			_aPlunging the Ocean engages with the voluminous content of the Kathāsaritsāgara, a text meant for courtly entertainment, locating the various points of its retelling. The volume weaves gender as the discursive mesh with various themes such as caste, class, upations, control and flow of resources or wealth, religious practices, sexuality and power structures to highlight the discourse of the text itself.
650			_aOcean
650			_aKathāsaritsāgara
650			_aCaste & Class
700			_aTara Sheemar Malhan
942			_cBOOK
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