Theft of a Tree
Material type: TextLanguage: English, Telugu Original language: Telugu Series: Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2022Description: 502P. 21cmISBN:- 9780674245891
- PL4780.9. N294P313
Item type | Current library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Books | Asian University for Women Library | Fiction | Fiction | PL4780.9.N294P313 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 029928 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Legend has it that the sixteenth-century Telugu poet Nandi Timmana composed Theft of a Tree, or Pārijātāpaharaṇamu, which he based on a popular millennium-old tale, to help the wife of Krishnadevaraya, king of the south Indian Vijayanagara Empire, win back her husband's affections. Theft of a Tree recounts how Krishna stole the pārijātā, a wish-granting tree, from the garden of Indra, king of the gods. Krishna does so to please his favorite wife, Satyabhama, who is upset when he gifts his chief queen a single divine flower. After battling Indra, Krishna plants the tree for Satyabhama-but she must perform a rite temporarily relinquishing it and her husband to enjoy endless happiness. The poem's narrative unity, which was unprecedented in the literary tradition, prefigures the modern Telugu novel. Theft of a Tree is presented here in the Telugu script alongside the first English translation"-- Provided by publisher.
Introduction and notes in English followed by facing pages translations of poems with Telugu on the verso and English on the rectos; Telugu.
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