Prisons in Sanskrit Literature: A Comparison of Arthaśāstra and Vāgmaṇḍanaguṇadūtakāvya Descriptions

Prison descriptions are not often found in Sanskrit literature. Therefore, it is surprising that a very detailed description of prison life should be found in a kāvya, specifically, the Vāgmaṇḍanaguṇadūtakāvya. A fragment of this obscure text, which has only been published once, gives a quite reali...

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Autor principal:	Lidia Szczepanik
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:e8a8241e21af40b68e3624463a718dd82021-11-27T12:53:16ZPrisons in Sanskrit Literature: A Comparison of Arthaśāstra and Vāgmaṇḍanaguṇadūtakāvya Descriptions10.12797/CIS.15.2013.15.071732-09172449-8696https://doaj.org/article/e8a8241e21af40b68e3624463a718dd82021-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.akademicka.pl/cis/article/view/1548https://doaj.org/toc/1732-0917https://doaj.org/toc/2449-8696 Prison descriptions are not often found in Sanskrit literature. Therefore, it is surprising that a very detailed description of prison life should be found in a kāvya, specifically, the Vāgmaṇḍanaguṇadūtakāvya. A fragment of this obscure text, which has only been published once, gives a quite realistic portrayal of the horrors of life in prison; it is a place where prisoners are held in abhorrent conditions and tortured. The account is in direct opposition to another, found in the Arthaśāstra, which concentrates on the welfare of the detained. There are severe fines for impeding the prisoners’ basic human rights. This is an interesting reversal of roles, as kāvya poems usually depict an even more romantically idealised vision of the world than normative texts such as the Arthaśāstra. Lidia SzczepanikKsiegarnia Akademicka PublishingarticleIndian judicial systemprisonsManusmr̥ tiArthaśāstraVāgmaṇḍanaguṇadūtakāvyaSanskrit messenger poemsIndo-Iranian languages and literaturePK1-9601Languages and literature of Eastern Asia, Africa, OceaniaPL1-8844ENCracow Indological Studies, Vol 15 (2021)
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topic	Indian judicial system prisons Manusmr̥ ti Arthaśāstra Vāgmaṇḍanaguṇadūtakāvya Sanskrit messenger poems Indo-Iranian languages and literature PK1-9601 Languages and literature of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania PL1-8844
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description	Prison descriptions are not often found in Sanskrit literature. Therefore, it is surprising that a very detailed description of prison life should be found in a kāvya, specifically, the Vāgmaṇḍanaguṇadūtakāvya. A fragment of this obscure text, which has only been published once, gives a quite realistic portrayal of the horrors of life in prison; it is a place where prisoners are held in abhorrent conditions and tortured. The account is in direct opposition to another, found in the Arthaśāstra, which concentrates on the welfare of the detained. There are severe fines for impeding the prisoners’ basic human rights. This is an interesting reversal of roles, as kāvya poems usually depict an even more romantically idealised vision of the world than normative texts such as the Arthaśāstra.
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title_short	Prisons in Sanskrit Literature: A Comparison of Arthaśāstra and Vāgmaṇḍanaguṇadūtakāvya Descriptions
title_full	Prisons in Sanskrit Literature: A Comparison of Arthaśāstra and Vāgmaṇḍanaguṇadūtakāvya Descriptions
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Prisons in Sanskrit Literature: A Comparison of Arthaśāstra and Vāgmaṇḍanaguṇadūtakāvya Descriptions

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