Tracing the journey of Yama from Vedic lore to East Asian mythology, the article compares the gentle Vedic Yama with the stern judge depicted in later Indian epics. It argues that Iranian and Central…
Sukumari Bhattacharji analyses Sudraka's Sanskrit drama Mrcchakatika (Little Clay Cart). She argues that the play has a main plot and four subplots that introduce motifs of asylum (goodness), pursuit…