An edition of Samskara: A Rite for a Dead Man (1976)

Samskara

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Cover of: Samskara by U. R. Anantha Murthy, U. R. Anantha Murthy
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An edition of Samskara: A Rite for a Dead Man (1976)

Samskara

a rite for a dead man

Paperback ed.

by

  • 14 Want to read
  • 2 Currently reading

Made into a powerful, award-winning film in 1970, this important Kannada novel of the sixties has received widespread acclaim from both critics and general readers since its first publication in 1965. As a religious novel about a decaying brahmin colony in the south Indian village of Karnataka, "Samskara" serves as an allegory rich in realistic detail, a contemporary reworking of ancient Hindu themes and myths, and a serious, poetic study of a religious man living in a community of priests gone to seed. A death, which stands as the central event in the plot, brings in its wake a plague, many more deaths, live questions with only dead answers, moral chaos, and the rebirth of one man. The volume provides a useful glossary of Hindu myths, customs, Indian names, flora, and other terms. Notes and an afterword enhance the self-contained, faithful, and yet readable translation

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Oxford University Press
Language
English
Pages
158

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Subjects

English literature, Fiction, Hindu literature, Kannada literature, Translations from Kannada, Translations into English, Indic fiction (English), Kannada fiction, Fiction, general

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India
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Cover of: Samskara
Samskara: a rite for a dead man
1989, Oxford University Press
in English - Paperback ed.
Cover of: Samskara =
Samskara =: A rite for a dead man
1976, Oxford University Press
in English
Cover of: Samskara =
Samskara =: A rite for a dead man
1976, Oxford University Press
in English

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First published by Oxford University Press in 1976.

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Library of Congress
PL4659.A5 S213 1989, PL4659.A5 S213 1978

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Pagination
158 p. ;
Number of pages
158

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OL18358169M
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0195610792
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24682414, 221277889, 5223653, 20643332
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601333
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1057231

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OL43775W

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