{"product_id":"theft-of-a-tree","title":"Theft of a Tree","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA thousand-year-old story of Krishna and his wife Satyabhama retold by the most famous court poet of the Vijayanagara Empire.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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, which he based on a popular millennium-old tale, to help the wife of Krishnadevaraya, king of the south Indian Vijayanagara Empire, win back her husband’s affections.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTheft of a Tree\u003c\/i\u003e recounts how Krishna stole the \u003ci\u003epārijāta\u003c\/i\u003e, a wish-granting tree, from the garden of Indra, king of the gods. Krishna does so to please his favorite wife, Satyabhama, who is upset when he gifts his chief queen a single divine flower. After battling Indra, Krishna plants the tree for Satyabhama—but she must perform a rite temporarily relinquishing it and her husband to enjoy endless happiness. The poem’s narrative unity, which was unprecedented in the literary tradition, prefigures the modern Telugu novel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTheft of a Tree\u003c\/i\u003e is presented here in the Telugu script alongside the first English translation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54262840983896,"sku":"9780674245891","price":38.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780674245891.jpg?v=1778593561","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/theft-of-a-tree","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}