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Author Timmana, Nandi author

Title Theft of a tree a tale by the court poet of the Vijayanagara Empire Nandi Timmana ; translated by Harshita Mruthinti Kamath and Velcheru Narayana Rao
Published Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England Harvard University Press 2024
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Description 1 online resource
Series Murty Classical Library of India 32
Murty classical library of India ; 32.
Contents Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- Theft of a Tree -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- ABBREVIATIONS -- NOTES TO THE TRANSLATION -- GLOSSARY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY
Summary Nandi Timmana's Theft of a Tree recounts how Krishna stole the wish-granting pārijāta tree from the garden of Indra, king of the gods, to appease his wife Satyabhama. This is the first English translation of the poem, which prefigures the modern Telugu novel with its unprecedented narrative unity
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (De Gruyter, viewed on March 8, 2024)
Subject Krishna (Hindu deity) -- Poetry
POETRY / Epic
Form Electronic book
Author Kamath, Harshita Mruthinti translator
Narayana Rao, Velcheru translator
ISBN 9780674297425
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9780674297418
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