Plunging the ocean : courts, castes, and courtesans in the Kathāsaritsāgara (Record no. 66474)
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| 000 -LEADER | |
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| fixed length control field | 00954nam a2200181 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9789384082864 (hardback) |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 891.209 |
| Item number | TAR/P |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Tara Sheemar Malhan |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Plunging the ocean : courts, castes, and courtesans in the Kathāsaritsāgara |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | New Delhi |
| Name of publisher | Primus books |
| Year of publication | 2017 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | x, 333 p. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Revision of the Ph. D. thesis of the author (April 2010). |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Plunging the Ocean engages with the voluminous content of the Kathāsaritsāgara, a text meant for courtly entertainment, locating the various points of its retelling. The volume weaves gender as the discursive mesh with various themes such as caste, class, upations, control and flow of resources or wealth, religious practices, sexuality and power structures to highlight the discourse of the text itself. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Kathāsaritsāgara (Somadeva Bhaṭṭa) |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | BK |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER | |
| control field | 20028988 |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
| LC control number | 2017329294 |
| 952 ## - LOCATION AND ITEM INFORMATION (KOHA) | |
| Withdrawn status | |
| Lost status | |
| Damaged status | Collection code | Home library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Stack | Kannur University Central Library | Stack | 03/04/2023 | 995.00 | 891.209 TAR/P | 59344 | BK |