Ratnāvalī
Also known as Ratnavali, Lady of the jewel necklace, Ratnāvalī nāṭikā, Ratnāvalīnāṭikā
Ratnavali (Devanagari: रत्नावली ) (transl.- Jewel Necklace or Precious Garland) is a Sanskrit drama about a beautiful princess named Ratnavali, and a great king named Udayana. It is attributed to the Indian emperor Harsha (606–648). It is a Natika in four acts. One of the first textual references to the celebration of Holi, the festival of Colours have been found in this text.
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- Author
- Nāgārjuna
- First published
- 1970
- Editions
- 9
- Subjects
- Early works to 1800, Mādhyamika (Buddhism), M{macr}adhyamika (Buddhism), Buddhism, doctrines, Buddhism, Tibetan literature, Bskal-bzan-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama VII, 1708-1757. The song of the four mindfulnesses causing the rain of achievements to fall. English. 1975
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Ratnavali (Devanagari: रत्नावली ) (transl.- Jewel Necklace or Precious Garland) is a Sanskrit drama about a beautiful princess named Ratnavali, and a great king named Udayana. It is attributed to the Indian emperor Harsha (606–648). It is a Natika in four acts. One of the first textual references to the celebration of Holi, the festival of Colours have been found in this text.
Ratnāvalī subtitled (rajaparikatha) is also the title of a 3rd-century CE Buddhist philosophical work by Nagarjuna, a discourse addressed to an Indian king (possibly a Satavahana monarch).