{"product_id":"theft-of-a-tree-a-tale-by-the-court-poet-of-the-vijayanagara-empire-9780674295919","title":"Theft of a Tree: A Tale by the Court Poet of the Vijayanagara Empire","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first English translation of a thousand-year-old story of Krishna and his wife Satyabhama, retold by the most famous court poet of the Vijayanagara Empire.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLegend has it that the sixteenth-century Telugu poet Nandi Timmana composed \u003ci\u003eTheft of a Tree\u003c\/i\u003e, or \u003ci\u003ePārijātāpaharaṇamu\u003c\/i\u003e, to help the wife of Krishnadevaraya, king of the south Indian Vijayanagara Empire, win back her husband's affections. Timmana based his work on a popular millennium-old Krishna tale. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eTheft of a Tree\u003c\/i\u003e recounts how Krishna stole the wish-granting \u003ci\u003epārijāta\u003c\/i\u003e tree from the garden of Indra, king of the gods. Krishna takes the tree to please his favorite wife, Satyabhama, who is upset when he gifts his chief queen a single divine flower. After battling Indra, he plants the \u003ci\u003epārijāta\u003c\/i\u003e for Satyabhama--but she must perform a rite temporarily relinquishing it and her husband to enjoy endless happiness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is the first English translation of the poem, which prefigures the modern Telugu novel with its unprecedented narrative unity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/13\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674295919\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224","brand":"Nandi Timmana","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43505759191221,"sku":"9780674295919","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_7567911e-243d-4945-b10a-86b4e289b250.jpg?v=1705423740","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/theft-of-a-tree-a-tale-by-the-court-poet-of-the-vijayanagara-empire-9780674295919","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}