The Origin of the Young God: Kalidasa's "Kumarasambhava."by Hank Heifetz
✍ Scribed by Review by: Kathryn Hansen
- Book ID
- 124415758
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press
- Year
- 1987
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 264 KB
- Volume
- 60
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0030-851X
- DOI
- 10.2307/2758858
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