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The Fall of the House of Daśaratha: Kingship in the Raghuvaṃśa: Kingship in the Raghuvaṃśa: Nabanjan Maitra.

This article argues that Kālidāsa's Raghuvaṃśa (The Lineage of Raghu) constitutes a novel rereading of Vālmīki's Rāmāyaṇa, in which Kālidāsa reinterprets the reigns of Daśaratha and his son, Rāma, by resituating the epic narrative in the longer arc of a genealogy of the Ikṣvāku dynasty. This syntact...

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Published in:International Journal of Hindu Studies Vol. 28; no. 3; pp. 283 - 308
Main Author: Maitra, Nabanjan
Format: Article
Published: Springer Nature Dec2024
Subjects:
Kingship of God
Sovereign citizen movement
Tax protesters
Monarchy
Transgression (Ethics)
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