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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nandi Timmana, active 16th century, author.

Contributor:

Kamath, Harshita Mruthinti, 1982- translator.

Narayana Rao, Velcheru, 1932- translator.

Series:

Murty classical library of India ; 32.

Murty classical library of India ; 32

Language:

English

Telugu

Subjects (All):

Krishna (Hindu deity)--Poetry.

Krishna.

Krishna (Hindu deity).

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

xxxvi, 502 pages : illustration ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2022.

Language Note:

Introduction and notes in English followed by facing pages translations of poems with Telugu on the verso and English on the rectos; Telugu.

Summary:

"Legend has it that the sixteenth-century Telugu poet Nandi Timmana composed Theft of a Tree, or P�arij�at�apahara�namu, 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 p�arij�at�a, 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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contains:

Container of: Nandi Timmana, active 16th century. Pārijātāpaharaṇamu.

Container of: Nandi Timmana, active 16th century. Pārijātāpaharaṇamu. English.

ISBN:

9780674245891

067424589X

OCLC:

1240493489

Publisher Number:

99989754009