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Simhasana Dvatrimsika (Singhasan Battisi)

Thirty-two figures associated with Vikramaditya’s throne recount his generosity and courage as King Bhoja considers whether he is worthy of it.

Work: Simhasana Dvatrimsika (Singhasan Battisi) · Franklin Edgerton, Vikrama’s Adventures (1926), Part II, Harvard Oriental Series 27: Sanskrit text in four recensions

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King Bhoja beside the throne and its carved female figures

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Author / compiler
Anonymous; multiple recensions
Date
Medieval; surviving recensions commonly dated to the 13th–14th centuries CE
Original language
Sanskrit

Thirty-two figures associated with Vikramaditya’s throne recount his generosity and courage as King Bhoja considers whether he is worthy of it.

The figures belong to the throne; do not assume that every recension describes 32 separate steps. Keep the four edited recensions distinct.

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