Somani, Prerna Dilip
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Tara, 2019
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Identifier: cw_2019fall_somani_prerna dilip.pdf
Overview
"Badrang is creative reinterpretation of the legend of Panchkanya, as mentioned in a Sanskrit shloka of obscure origins. This is how it goes: ahalyā draupadī kunti tārā mandodarī tathā । pañcakanyāḥ smarennityaṃ mahāpātakanāśinīḥ ॥ (Ahalya, Draupadi, Kunti, Tara and Mandodari One should forever remember the Panchakanya who are the destroyers of great sins)
Three of these women, Ahalya, Tara, and Mandodari are mentioned in the Ramayana, while Kunti and Draupadi are heroines in the epic of...
Dates:
2019