The Life of Harishchandra

In Raghavankäs poetic masterpiece The Life of Harishchandra, a powerful sage tests King Harishchandräs commitment to truth. He suffers utter deprivation but refuses to yield. This spirited translation, the first from Kannada into any language, brings one of ancient Indiäs most enduring legends to a global readership.

About the author

Vanamala Viswanatha is Visiting Professor at the School of Education, Azim Premji University, Bengaluru, India.

Summary

In Raghavanka’s poetic masterpiece The Life of Harishchandra, a powerful sage tests King Harishchandra’s commitment to truth. He suffers utter deprivation but refuses to yield. This spirited translation, the first from Kannada into any language, brings one of ancient India’s most enduring legends to a global readership.

Product details

• Authors: Raaghavaacnka, Raghavanka, Raghavanka Raghavanka, Vanamala Viswanatha
• Assisted by: Professor of English Vanamala (Bangalore University) Viswanatha (Translation), Vanamala Viswanatha (Translation)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2017
• EAN: 9780674545663
• ISBN: 978-0-674-54566-3
• No. of pages: 688
• Dimensions: 145 mm x 210 mm x 38 mm
• Series: Murty Classical Library of India; Murty Classical Library of Ind; Murty Classical Library of India; Murty Classical Library of Ind; Murty Classical Library of India - HUP
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies; POETRY / General, Poetry, Asian History, Indian sub-continent, South Asia (Indian sub-continent), HISTORY / Asia / South / General, Poetry / Poems