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Author:

Nandi Timmana, active 16th century, author.

Title:

Theft of a tree / Nandi Timmana ; translated by Harshita Mruthinti Kamath and Velcheru Narayana Rao.

Publisher:

Harvard University Press,

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

xxxvi, 502 pages : illustration ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Krishna--(Hindu deity)--Poetry.
Krishna--(Hindu deity)
Poetry.
Poetry.
Poetry.

Other Authors:

Kamath, Harshita Mruthinti, 1982- translator.
Narayana Rao, Velcheru, 1932- translator.
Container of (expression): Nandi Timmana, active 16th century. Pārijātāpaharaṇamu.
Container of (expression): Nandi Timmana, active 16th century. Pārijātāpaharaṇamu. English.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary:

"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.

Series:

Murty classical library of India ; 32

ISBN:

067424589X
9780674245891

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1240493489

LCCN:

2021010032

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)