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A thousand-year-old story of Krishna and his wife Satyabhama retold by the most famous court poet of the Vijayanagara Empire. Legend has it that the sixteenth-century Telugu poet Nandi Timmana composed Theft of a Tree, or PÄrijÄtÄpaharaṇamu, 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 pÄrijÄta, 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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- Pages:544 pages, 1 illus
- Publisher:Harvard University Press
- Publication Date:08/02/2022
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In Stock - low on stock, only 1 copy remainingFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:544 pages, 1 illus
- Publisher:Harvard University Press
- Publication Date:08/02/2022
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- ISBN:9780674245891