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050	0	0	_aPK5013.K8 _bL513 2021
082	0	0	_aREF 891 _223 _bKOU-L
100	0		_aKouhala
245	1	0	_aLilavai _cby Kouhala ; edited and translated by Andrew Ollett.
260			_aMassachusetts : _bHarvard University Press, _c©2021
300			_axxxvi, 387 p. ; _c21 cm.
490			_aMurty classical library of India ; _v29
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a"The 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"--
546			_aIn English and Prakrit; _bDevanagari script.
650		0	_aLove poetry, Prakrit.
650		0	_aJaina literature, Prakrit.
700	1		_aOllett, Andrew _etranslator.
700	0	2	_tLīlāvaī.
700	0	2	_aKoūhala. _tLīlāvaī. _lEnglish.
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