%0 Journal Article
%T A Political Satire for All Times: Reading H¨¡sy¨¡r£¿ava
%A Jyotirmaya Sharma
%J Studies in Indian Politics
%@ 2321-7472
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/2321023019838647
%X H¨¡sy¨¡r£¿ava, the Ocean of Mirth, a medieval Sanskrit political satire, delineates three central themes that require serious consideration. First, the Indic traditions underline the centrality of order in a polity. This preoccupation is underlined by the supremacy of the R¨¡jadharma-da£¿£¿an¨©ti framework. A great deal of violence and cruelty inheres within this framework. Second, if the order is the site for violence and force, it follows that a glimpse of freedom, unshackled from the conventional implications of the puru£¿¨¡rthas can only be had in upholding the desirability of disorder. Finally, the Indic traditions can transgress and express dissent with the help of a plurality of philosophical and conceptual alternatives rather than hankering after a single set of foundational values or an inevitable normativity
%K Violence
%K freedom
%K Rajadharma-da£¿£¿an¨©ti
%K order
%K disorder
%K chaos
%K puru£¿¨¡rthas
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2321023019838647