The Cilappatikāram

The Cilappatikāram PDF Author: Iḷaṅkōvaṭikaḷ
Publisher: Penguin Books India
ISBN: 9780143031963
Category : Epic poetry, Tamil
Languages : en
Pages : 444

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Men And Women Of Maturai Of The Four Temples! I Curse This City. Its King Erred In Killing The Man I Loved One Of The World'S Masterpieces, The Cilappatikaram (5Th Century Ce) By Ilanko Atikal Is India'S Finest Epic In A Language Other Than Sanskrit. It Spells Out In Unforgettable Verse The Problems That Humanity Has Been Wrestling With For A Long Time: Love, War, Evil, Fate And Death. The Tale Of An Anklet Is The Love Story Of Kovalan And Kannaki. Originating In Tamil Mythology, The Compelling Tale Of Kannaki Her Love, Her Feats And Triumphs, And Her Ultimate Transformation To Goddess Follows The Conventions Of Tamil Poetry And Is Told In Three Phases: The Erotic, The Heroic And The Mythic. This Epic Ranks With The Ramayana And The Mahabharata As One Of The Great Classics Of Indian Literature And Is Presented For The First Time In A Landmark English Verse Translation By The Eminent Poet R. Parthasarathy, Making It Accessible To A Wider Audience. Winner Of The 1995 Sahitya Akademi Prize For Translation (English), The 1994 Pen/ Book-Of-The-Month Club Translation Citation Of The Pen American Centre, And The 1996 Association For Asian Studies A.K. Ramanujan Book Prize For Translation.

The Cilappatikāram

The Cilappatikāram PDF Author: Iḷaṅkōvaṭikaḷ
Publisher: Penguin Books India
ISBN: 9780143031963
Category : Epic poetry, Tamil
Languages : en
Pages : 444

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Book Description
Men And Women Of Maturai Of The Four Temples! I Curse This City. Its King Erred In Killing The Man I Loved One Of The World'S Masterpieces, The Cilappatikaram (5Th Century Ce) By Ilanko Atikal Is India'S Finest Epic In A Language Other Than Sanskrit. It Spells Out In Unforgettable Verse The Problems That Humanity Has Been Wrestling With For A Long Time: Love, War, Evil, Fate And Death. The Tale Of An Anklet Is The Love Story Of Kovalan And Kannaki. Originating In Tamil Mythology, The Compelling Tale Of Kannaki Her Love, Her Feats And Triumphs, And Her Ultimate Transformation To Goddess Follows The Conventions Of Tamil Poetry And Is Told In Three Phases: The Erotic, The Heroic And The Mythic. This Epic Ranks With The Ramayana And The Mahabharata As One Of The Great Classics Of Indian Literature And Is Presented For The First Time In A Landmark English Verse Translation By The Eminent Poet R. Parthasarathy, Making It Accessible To A Wider Audience. Winner Of The 1995 Sahitya Akademi Prize For Translation (English), The 1994 Pen/ Book-Of-The-Month Club Translation Citation Of The Pen American Centre, And The 1996 Association For Asian Studies A.K. Ramanujan Book Prize For Translation.

The Tale of an Anklet

The Tale of an Anklet PDF Author: Iḷaṅkōvaṭikaḷ
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231078498
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 452

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Originating in Tamil mythology, Cilappatikaram is the love story of Kannaki and Kovalan. Kannaki wears a circular anklet representing the power, strength and dignity of the goddess Pattini. Goddess status is bestowed upon Kannaki as her life undergoes the same fate as the anklet that is stolen and used as a weapon.

Anklet for a Princess

Anklet for a Princess PDF Author: Lila Mehta
Publisher: Cinderella
ISBN: 9781885008466
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Cinduri, hungry and ragged, is befriended by Godfather Snake, who feeds her delicacies and dresses her in gold cloth and anklets with bells and diamonds, to meet the prince.

Shilappadikaram

Shilappadikaram PDF Author: Iḷaṅkōvaṭikaḷ
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
ISBN: 9780811200011
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 232

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The peerless young Kovalan leaves his loyal wife Kannaki for the courtesan Madhavi, and though he returns to her, he still meets his death because of her ill-omened ankle bracelet. The Shilappadikaram has been called an epic and even a novel, but it is also a book of general education. Adigal packed his story with information: history merging into myth, religious rites, caste customs, military lore, descriptions of city and country life. And four Cantos are little anthologies of the poetry of the period (seashore and mountain songs, hunters and milkmaid s song). Thus the story gives us a vivid picture of early Indian life in all its aspects.

Mala's Silver Anklets

Mala's Silver Anklets PDF Author: Annie Besant
Publisher: Tulika Books
ISBN: 9788181469793
Category : Ankle
Languages : en
Pages : 20

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Book Description
Story based on a little girl and her silver anklets; for children.

The Cilappatikāram of Iḷaṅko Aṭikaḷ

The Cilappatikāram of Iḷaṅko Aṭikaḷ PDF Author: Iḷaṅkōvaṭikaḷ
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Epic poetry, Tamil
Languages : en
Pages : 470

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Book Description
Originating in Tamil mythology, Cilappatikaram is the love story of Kannaki and Kovalan. Kannaki wears a circular anklet representing the power, strength and dignity of the goddess Pattini. Goddess status is bestowed upon Kannaki as her life undergoes the same fate as the anklet that is stolen and used as a weapon.

Shilappadikaram

Shilappadikaram PDF Author: Ilango Adigal
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789383064199
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 202

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Shilappadikaram or the Ankle Bracelet is one of the five major epics of Tamil literature. It was composed as a verse romance in Tamil by Ilango Adigal, a Jain prince who lived in the second century ad and was one of the most renowned classical poets of ancient India. Shilappadikaram is a tale of wonders and misfortunes, of hapless mortals and capricious deities, of magic and heroism in a bright but also cruel world in which the law of karma rules and where 'actions committed in past lives must always bear fruit'. Thus the peerless young Kovalan will leave his loyal wife Kannaki for the courtesan Madhavi and though he returns to her, still meets his death because of her ill-omened ankle bracelet. It has been called an epic and even a novel, but it is also a book of general education. Ilango packed his story with information: history merging into myth, religious rites, caste customs, military lore, descriptions of city or country life. And four cantos are little anthologies of the poetry of the period (seashore and mountain songs, hunters' and milkmaids' songs), thereby giving us a vivid picture of early Indian life in all its aspects.

The Arabian Nights

The Arabian Nights PDF Author:
Publisher: Armadillo
ISBN: 9781861478641
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Book Description
A retelling of the enthralling stories by a renowned folklorist, including Aladdin and Ali Baba, with evocative illustrations

One Thousand and One Arabian Nights

One Thousand and One Arabian Nights PDF Author: Geraldine McCaughrean
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780192750136
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292

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Book Description
This illustrated edition brings together all the Arabian Nights tales in an original retelling by award-winning author Geraldine McCaughrean.

Desperate Characters

Desperate Characters PDF Author: Paula Fox
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393318944
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 180

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Book Description
First published in 1970 to great acclaim, this novel stands as one of the most dazzling and rigorous examples of the storyteller's craft in postwar American literature--a novel that, according to Irving Howe, ranks with "Billy Budd" and "The Great Gatsby".