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Title

The life of Harishchandra / Raghavanka ; translated by Vanamala Viswanatha.

Author

Rāghavāṅka,

Publication

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2017.

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Additional Authors

• Rāghavāṅka.
• Viswanatha, Vanamala,

Description

xxxii, 640 pages; 22 cm.

Summary

The Life of Harishchandra, Raghavanka's thirteenth-century masterpiece, is the first poetic rendering of one of ancient India's most enduring legends. When his commitment to truth is tested by a powerful sage, King Harishchandra suffers utter deprivation--the loss of his wife and son, his citizens and power, and, dearest of all, his caste status--but refuses to yield. The tale has influenced poets and readers through the ages. Mahatma Gandhi traced his own commitment to truth to the impact of a Harishchandra play seen in childhood. A poet from northern Karnataka trained in the twin traditions of Sanskrit and Kannada, Raghavanka negotiates a unique space for himself in the Kannada literary canon through important thematic, formal, and stylistic innovations.The conflicts he addresses--of hierarchical social order, political power, caste, and gender--are as relevant to contemporary India as to his own times. Accompanied by the original text in the Kannada script, this spirited translation, the first into any language, brings an elegant and energetic narrative to a global readership.--

Series Statement

Murty classical library of India ; 13

Uniform Title

Murty classical library of India 13.

Subject

• Hariścandra (Hindu mythological character)
• Hariścandra (Hindu mythology)

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language (note)

• English and Kannada;

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

ISBN

• 9780674545663
• 0674545664

LCCN

^^2016013920

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library