The Prakrit Romance

Kautūhala’s Līlāvatī

Andrew Ollett g Munich, July 2017

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Līlāvatī

Composed around 800 CE

by Kautūhala

in (‘Mahārāṣṭrī’) Prakrit

in about 1333 gāthās

Līlāvatī

Edited by A. N. Upadhye in 1949 (2nd ed. 1966)

Currently being reedited and translated for the Murty Classical Library of India

The Characters of Līlāvatī

The Narrative Structure of Līlāvatī

Pratiṣṭhāṇa

Saptagodāvarī

Saptagodāvarī

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The Godāvarī River

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Prakrit Romances

  • Taraṅgavatī, Pālitta, ca. 1st/2nd c. CE
  • Kuvalayamālā, Uddyotana, 779 CE
  • Līlāvatī, Kautūla, ca. 800 CE
  • Bhuvanasundarī, Vijayasiṃha, 918 CE
  • Nirvāṇalīlāvatī, Jineśvara, 1035 CE (lost)
  • Surasundarī, Dhaneśvara, 1038 CE

Līlāvatī