Theft of a tree

By:

Timmana, Nandi

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Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English, Telugu Original language: Telugu Series: Murty classical library of India ; 32Publication details: London : Harvard University Press, ©2022Description: xxxvi, 502 p. ; 21 cmISBN:

9780674270770

Contained works:

Nandi Timmana, active 16th century. Pārijātāpaharaṇamu
Nandi Timmana, active 16th century. Pārijātāpaharaṇamu. English

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DDC classification:

REF 894.827 23 TIM-T

LOC classification:

PL4780.9.N294 P313 2022

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"--

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	IIITD Reference	Murty Classical Library of India	REF 894.827 TIM-T (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not for loan		012099

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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"--

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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