Much ADO about Religion

By Jayánta Bhatta and Bhatta Jayanta

Book Overview

This play satirizes various religions in Kashmir and their place in the politics of King Shankaravarman (883-902). The leading character is a young and dynamic orthodox graduate, whose career starts as a glorious campaign against the heretic Buddhists, Jains, and other antisocial sects. By the end of the play he realizes that the interests of the monarch do not encourage such inquisitional rigor.

Unique in Sanskrit literature, Jay nta Bhatta's play, Much Ado About Religion, is a curious mixture of fiction and history, of scathing satire and intriguing philosophical argumentation. The play satirizes various religions in Kashmir and their place in the politics of King Sh nkara-varman (883-902 CE). The leading character, Sank rshana, is a young and dynamic orthodox graduate of Vedic studies, whose career starts as a glorious campaign against the heretic Buddhists, Jains and other antisocial sects.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814719791
• ISBN13: 9780814719794
• Release Date: February 2005
• Publisher: Clay Sanskrit
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.4" x 6.5"