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100	0		_aTimmana, Nandi
245	1	0	_aTheft of a tree : _ba tale by the court poet of the Vijayanagara empire
260			_aLondon, England : _bHarvard University Press, _c2022.
300			_axxix, 193 pages ; _c21 cm.
490	0		_aMurty classical library of India; _v32
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 173-185, 191-193) and index.
520			_aLegend 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.
546			_aIntroduction and notes in English followed by facing pages translations of poems with Telugu on the verso and English on the rectos; _bTelugu.
600	0	0	_aKrishna _c(Hindu deity) _vPoetry.
700	1		_aKamath, Harshita Mruthinti _etranslator
700	1		_aRao, Velcheru Narayana _etranslator
856			_3Reviews _uhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/197877743-theft-of-a-tree?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_13#CommunityReviews
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