1st Edition
The Buffalo Century Vāñcheśvara Dīkṣita’s Mahiṣaśatakam: A Political Satire for All Centuries
By Kesavan Veluthat
Copyright 2020
142 Pages
by
Routledge India
142 Pages
by
Routledge India
142 Pages
by
Routledge India
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The Buffalo Century is a keen exploration of satire and its role in society and politics. Written in praise of a buffalo, Vāñcheśvara Dīkṣita’s Mahiṣaśatakam is timeless in its treatment of power, and its subversion. In resurrecting eighteenth-century Tanjore for the modern reader, Kesavan Veluthat lifts the poem beyond its immediate literary context and situates it in a contemporary... Read more
Preface
Introduction: laughter in the time of misery
Mahiṣaśatakam: text and translation
Appendix 1
Appendix 2 Śleṣārthacandrikā, a commentary
Biography
Kesavan Veluthat is Director of the Institute for the Study of the Heritage of Coastal Kerala. He was educated in Calicut and New Delhi. He taught history in different Indian universities including Calicut, Mangalore and Delhi, and he has been a visiting professor in many Indian and foreign universities. His publications include Brahman Settlements in Kerala, The Political Structure of Early Medieval South India, The Early Medieval in South India and Notes of Dissent: Essays on Indian History.
