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Shakuntala and other stories from ancient India / Adithi Rao ; illustrations by Prasun Basu.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextText 2007Description: viii, 166 p. : ill. ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780143330394 (pbk.)
  • 014333039X (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23 823 J-RAO 19414
LOC classification:
  • PZ7.R17645 Sa 2007
Summary: "Six unforgettable stories of love and bravery, treachery and injustice, from ancient Indian literature Classical Sanskrit and Tamil writing teem with a myriad characters, and here we meet some truly memorable ones. This collection of six plays, poems and epics retold for children includes 'Shakuntala', a heartrending story of the love between the beautiful Shakuntala and King Dushyanta; 'The little clay cart', where the evil designs of the king and his family are foiled by the righteous Charudatta and Vasantasena; 'The story of an anklet', about Kannagi, who wreaks a terrible revenge for the wrong done to her; 'Manimekalai', the extraordinary account of a woman's search for her true calling; 'The Last Trial of Sita', in which the playwright gives a whole new ending to the Ramayana, and 'The broken thigh', about the final, desperate combat between Duryodhana and Bheema on the battlefield of Kurukshetra. Accompanied by descriptions of the authors' lives and the time when the stories were written, these lively retellings are an ideal introduction to some of the best-known stories from the Indian classics." --Publisher description.
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Children stories.

"Six unforgettable stories of love and bravery, treachery and injustice, from ancient Indian literature Classical Sanskrit and Tamil writing teem with a myriad characters, and here we meet some truly memorable ones. This collection of six plays, poems and epics retold for children includes 'Shakuntala', a heartrending story of the love between the beautiful Shakuntala and King Dushyanta; 'The little clay cart', where the evil designs of the king and his family are foiled by the righteous Charudatta and Vasantasena; 'The story of an anklet', about Kannagi, who wreaks a terrible revenge for the wrong done to her; 'Manimekalai', the extraordinary account of a woman's search for her true calling; 'The Last Trial of Sita', in which the playwright gives a whole new ending to the Ramayana, and 'The broken thigh', about the final, desperate combat between Duryodhana and Bheema on the battlefield of Kurukshetra. Accompanied by descriptions of the authors' lives and the time when the stories were written, these lively retellings are an ideal introduction to some of the best-known stories from the Indian classics." --Publisher description.

For children of 12 years and older.

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