Research Catalog

Title

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

Author

Nandi Timmana, active 16th century

Publication

• Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2022.
• ©2022

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Details

Additional Authors

• Kamath, Harshita Mruthinti, 1982-
• Narayana Rao, Velcheru, 1932-

Description

xxxvi, 502 pages : illustration; 21 cm.

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"--

Series Statement

Murty classical library of India ; 32

Uniform Title

Murty classical library of India ; 32.

Subject

• Krishna (Hindu deity) > Poetry
• Krishna (Hindu deity)

Genre/Form

Poetry.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language (note)

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

Call Number

JFD 22-2667

ISBN

• 9780674245891
• 067424589X

LCCN

2021010032

OCLC

1240493489

Author

Nandi Timmana, active 16th century, author.

Title

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

Publisher

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2022.

Copyright Date

©2022

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Murty classical library of India ; 32

Murty classical library of India ; 32.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language

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

Added Author

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.

Research Call Number

JFD 22-2667