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100 0 _aRaghavanka
245 1 4 _aThe life of Harishchandra
_c/ Raghavanka
260 _aCambridge, Massachusetts
_b: Harvard University Press,
_c©2017
300 _axxxii, 640p.
_c22 cm.
365 _b1595
490 1 _aMurty classical library of India ;
520 _aThe 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.--
650 _aLiteratures
650 _aLiteratures of Altaic, Uralic, Hyperborean, Dravidian languages; literatures of miscellaneous languages of South Asia
650 _aHariścandra -- Fiktive Gestalt
650 _aEnglisch
650 _aHariścandra -- Hindu mythological character
700 1 _aViswanatha, Vanamala,
700 0 2 _aRāghavāṅka.
700 0 2 _aViswanatha, Vanamala
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