Theft of a Tree - Murty Classical Library of India

Legend has it that the sixteenth-century Telugu poet Nandi Timmana composed Theft of a Tree, or Parijatapaharaṇamu, 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 parijata, 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.

ISBN:	9780674245891
Publisher:	Harvard University Press
Imprint:	Harvard University Press
Published date:	11 Feb 2022
DEWEY:	894.82712
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English,Telugu
Number of pages:	544
Weight:	592g
Height:	142mm
Width:	211mm
Spine width:	31mm

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