Wisakanya

Wisakanya (Dewanagari: विषकन्या; ,IAST: Viṣakanyā,; dieja wi·sa·kan·ya, bahasa Indonesia: "Gadis racun") adalah wanita muda yang dikabarkan dipakai sebagai pembunuh, sering kali terhadap para musuh yang kuat, pada zaman India Kuno.[1] Darah dan cairan tubuh mereka dikabarkan meracuni orang lain, seperti yang disebutkan dalam risalah India kuno, Arthasastra, yang ditulis oleh Canakya, seorang penasehat dan perdana menteri Kaisar Maurya pertama Chandragupta (s. 340–293 SM).[2]

Lihat pula

Referensi

  1. ^ Roy, Kaushik (2004-01-01). India's Historic Battles: From Alexander the Great to Kargil (dalam bahasa Inggris). Orient Blackswan. hlm. 24. ISBN 9788178241098.
  2. ^ Radhey Shyam Chaurasia (1 January 2002). History of ancient India: earliest times to 1000 A.D. Atlantic Publishers & Dist. hlm. 100. ISBN 978-81-269-0027-5. Diakses tanggal 20 June 2011.

Bacaan tambahan

  • The Vish-Kanya or Poison Damsel of Ancient India, Illustrated by the story of Susan Ramashgar. Folklore Society, Britain, 1927.
  • Poison-damsels: Folklore of the world, by Norman Mosley Penzer, Somadeva Bhatt. Ayer Publishing, 1980. ISBN 0-405-13336-7. Excerpts
  • Vishkanya: True stories of famous women spies of the world in story form. by Yashvant Mehta. Publisher: Gurjar, 1996.
  • Vishkanya, by Esa Mehta. Rajasthani Granthagar, 2007.

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