The Killing of Shishupala

by Magha

A canonical great poem, or mahākāvya, of the Sanskrit canon, depicting a well-known episode from the Mahābhārata.

Magha's The Killing of Shishupala, written in the seventh century, is a celebrated example of the Sanskrit genre known as mahākāvya, or great poem. This adaptation from the epic Mahābhārata tells the story of Shishupala, who disrupts Yudhishthira's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674660390
• ISBN13: 9780674660397
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 832 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 5.7" x 8.1"