How Long to Read India As Seen In The Kuttanimata Of Damodara Gupta

How Long Does it Take to Read India As Seen In The Kuttanimata Of Damodara Gupta?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 40 minutes to read India As Seen In The Kuttanimata Of Damodara Gupta by A.M. Shastri

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The Kuttani-mata of Damodaragupta is one of the few works in the history of classical Sanskrit literature the time and locale of the composition whereof can be ascertained with a fair degree of certainty. We learn from Kalhana that Damodaragupta occupied a high position under the Karkota-Naga king Jayapida Vinayaditya who ruled over Kashmir in the closing years of the eighth and early years of the ninth centuries A.D. A critical study of the internal evidence indicates that the work was probably composed a few years after the close of Jayapida's reign. As indicated by the title, the text aims at exposing the secrets of the whole craft of prostitution in the form of the advice of an experienced bawd (Kuttani) to a courtesan, and from this point of view it occupies a unique place in the whole range of Sanskrit literature; for the account is based not only on the standard erotic texts like Vatsyayana's Kama-sutra but draws copiously upon the poet's personal observation of the actual state of affairs obtaining in post-Jayapida Kashmir. But the poem has a much wider scope than its professed theme and covers the entire gamut of contemporary life of Kashmir in particular and northern India in general in all its varied aspects and as such forms an important source for the study of contemporary Indian society. The present work attempts a critical evaluation of this evidence in the light of relevant literary and archaeological data. In the process new light is thrown on several important questions.

How long is India As Seen In The Kuttanimata Of Damodara Gupta?

India As Seen In The Kuttanimata Of Damodara Gupta by A.M. Shastri is 340 pages long, and a total of 85,000 words.

This makes it 115% the length of the average book. It also has 104% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read India As Seen In The Kuttanimata Of Damodara Gupta Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 44 minutes to read India As Seen In The Kuttanimata Of Damodara Gupta aloud.

What Reading Level is India As Seen In The Kuttanimata Of Damodara Gupta?

India As Seen In The Kuttanimata Of Damodara Gupta is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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