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The Cilappatikāram
Language: en
Pages: 444
Authors: Iḷaṅkōvaṭikaḷ
Categories: Epic poetry, Tamil
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004 - Publisher: Penguin Books India

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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 (
The Tale of an Anklet
Language: en
Pages: 452
Authors: Iḷaṅkōvaṭikaḷ
Categories: Education
Type: BOOK - Published: 1993 - Publisher: Columbia University Press

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Originating in Tamil mythology, Cilappatikaram is the love story of Kannaki and Kovalan. Kannaki wears a circular anklet representing the power, strength and di
Shilappadikaram
Language: en
Pages: 232
Authors: Iḷaṅkōvaṭikaḷ
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 1965 - Publisher: New Directions Publishing

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The peerless young Kovalan leaves his loyal wife Kannaki for the courtesan Madhavi, and though he returns to her, he still meets his death because of her ill-om
Imagining a Place for Buddhism
Language: en
Pages: 270
Authors: Anne E. Monius
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001-12-06 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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While Tamil-speaking South India is celebrated for its preservation of Hindu tradition, other religious communities have played a significant role in shaping th
India's Forests, Real and Imagined
Language: en
Pages: 281
Authors: Alan Johnson
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-12-29 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

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As they seek to explore evolving and conflicting ideas of nationhood and modernity, India's writers have often chosen forests as the dramatic setting for storie