{"product_id":"three-satires-9780814788141","title":"Three Satires","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Dark Age Ridiculed, \u003c\/i\u003e by N la-kantha, \u003ci\u003eBeguiling Artistry, \u003c\/i\u003e by Kshem ndra, \u003ci\u003eThe Hundred Allegories, \u003c\/i\u003e by Bh llata\u003cbr\u003eWritten over a period of nearly a thousand years, these works show three very different approaches to satire. N la-kantha gets straight to the point: swindlers prey on stupidity.\u003cbr\u003eThe artistry that beguiles Kshem ndra is as varied as human nature and just as fallible. We are off to a gentle start Sanctimonious--really no more than a warm-up among vices--but soon graduate to Greed and Lust. From there it's downhill all the way, as unfaithfulness leads on to fraud, and drunkenness to depravity; deception and quackery bring up the rear. What's this at the very end? Virtue? A late arrival, pale and unconvincing.\u003cbr\u003eThis volume presents three Indian satirists with three different strategies: in the ninth century C.E., Bh llata sought vengeance on his boorish new king by producing vicious sarcastic verse, \"The Hundred Allegories;\" in the eleventh century, Kshem ndra presents himself as a social reformer out to shame the complacent into compliance with Vedic morality; and in the seventeenth century little can redeem the fallen characters N la-kantha portrays, so his duty is simply to warn about the corruption of every social type.\u003cbr\u003eCo-published by New York University Press and the JJC Foundation\u003cbr\u003eFor more on this title and other titles in the Clay Sanskrit series, please visit http: \/\/www.claysanskritlibrary.org\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nila Kantha, Kshemendra, Bhallata\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Clay Sanskrit\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 403\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.74h x 4.64w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814788141","brand":"Clay Sanskrit","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40830473961587,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":37.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_9930f37e-24f2-4ec7-b398-e5bb2b4473c0.jpg?v=1684504093","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/three-satires-9780814788141","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}