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Candrahasa sacrifices himself cutting off pieces of his own flesh and putting them on the fire

Year: [1598]

From: Razmnāmah by Abhinanda, India (The last volume of the Persian translation of the Mahābhārata commissioned in 990 by Akbar)

Location: London, British Library, Or 12076 folio: 90v



Edited by: Chiara Petrolini


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