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Shilappadikaram (The Ankle Bracelet)

By Alain Daniélou , Ilango Adigal

Book information

Publisher
New Directions
Year
2009
ISBN
0811200019, 9780811200011
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
20 MB (21138156 bytes)
Pages
224\230
Time added
2020-03-25 13:32:52

Description

The peerless young Kôvalan leaves his loyal wife Kannaki for the courtesan Mâdhavi, 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.

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