The Cilappatikaram: The Tale of an Anklet
of இளங்கோ அடிகள், R. Parthasarathy (Translator)
Series: ஐம்பெரும் காப்பியங்கள்
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.
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- Format Paperback
- Pages 440 pages
- Publisher Penguin Books India
- Publication Date 2004
- First Publication 10/30/92
- Language English
- ISBN 9780143031963
- Edition Not informed
- Category Fiction
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