Yayati

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Yayati

play by Karnad

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Girish Karnad
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…first play, the critically acclaimed Yayati (1961), while at Oxford. The play, which draws from the Sanskrit epic Mahabharata, recounts the story of King Yayati, an ancestor of the Pandavas. The king is condemned to premature old age by sage Shukracharya as retribution for his infidelity. The play established Karnad’s…
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…first play, the critically acclaimed Yayati (1961), while at Oxford. The play, which draws from the Sanskrit epic Mahabharata, recounts the story of King Yayati, an ancestor of the Pandavas. The king is condemned to premature old age by sage Shukracharya as retribution for his infidelity. The play established Karnad’s…
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