{"product_id":"theft-of-a-tree-nandi-timmana-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\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nandi Timmana\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0674295919\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674295919\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/13\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.06h x 5.33w x 0.34d","brand":"Nandi Timmana","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44717818085631,"sku":"9780674295919","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d9a0b024-e29a-4892-9c2b-925201c51971.jpg?v=1705689528","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/theft-of-a-tree-nandi-timmana-9780674295919","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}