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  1. Theft of a tree
    Autor*in: Nandi Timmana
    Erschienen: 2022
    Verlag:  Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts

    "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,... mehr

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    "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"--

     

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    Quelle: Verbundkataloge
    Beteiligt: Kamath, Harshita Mruthinti (Übersetzer); Narayana Rao, Velcheru (Übersetzer)
    Sprache: Englisch; Telugu
    Medientyp: Buch (Monographie)
    ISBN: 9780674245891
    Schriftenreihe: Murty classical library of India ; 32
    Schlagworte: Englisch; Übersetzung; Lyrik; Telugu-Sprache
    Weitere Schlagworte: Krischna; Krishna / (Hindu deity) / Poetry
    Umfang: xxxvi, 502 Seiten
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    Includes bibliographical references and index