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Author Piṅgaḷi Sūrana.

Title The Sound of the kiss, or, The story that must never be told : Piṅgaḷi Sūrana's Kaḷāpūrṇodayamu / translated from Telugu by Velcheru Narayana Rao and David Shulman.

Publication Info. New York : Columbia University Press, [2002]
©2002

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Description 1 online resource (xxv, 220 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Translations from the Asian classics
Translations from the Asian classics.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Acknowledgments; Note on Pronunciation; Introduction; THE BEGINNING; Chapter 1; Dvaraka City, Where the Story Begins; Kalabhashini on the Swing and Rambha in the Sky; Chapter 2; Narada Studies Music; Enter Manistambha; Manikandhara's Pilgrimage; Chapter 3; Rambha Entices Manikandhara; Kalabhashini Flies off with the Siddha; The Temple of the Lion-Riding Goddess; Kalabhashini Returns; Rambha Meets Rambha; Nalakubara Meets Nalakubara; Chapter 4; The Story of Salina and Sugatri]; Enter Alaghuvrata. Kalabhashini Is Sacrificed; Manistambha Tours the World with His Wife; Chapter 5.
The Baby Who TalksSarasvati Decodes Brahma's Story; Manistambha and Sumukhasatti Exchange Genders; A Lecture on Yoga; Svabhava and Madasaya at Srisailam; Chapter 6; Manikandhara Fights the Porcupine Demon; The Story of Alaghuvrata and His Sons; Satvadatma's Question; Madhuralalasa Comes of Age; Chapter 7; Kalapurna in Love; The Wedding of Kalapurna and Madhuralalasa; Abhinavakaumudi Becomes Jealous; Chapter 8; Kalapurna Conquers the World; Homecoming; The Story of the Necklace; Invitation to a Second Reading; Guide to Pronunctiation and List of Characters; Index of Names and Technical Terms.
Summary In this sixteenth-century masterpiece of Telugu literature, from the region now known as Andhra Pradesh, Suranna recounts the story of a young courtesan who falls in love with the most handsome man in the universe and overhears him speaking of a mysterious person whose story must never be told. Burning with curiosity and desire, she ventures to the god Krishna's palace, where much intrigue and adventure ensue. The Sound of the Kiss is considered by some to be the first novel written in South Asia, and the translation of this classic fills a gap in the literature of the East.</P.
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Added Author Narayana Rao, Velcheru, 1932-
Shulman, David Dean, 1949-
Added Title Kaḷāpūrṇōdayamu. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2002056842
Sound of the kiss
Story that must never be told
Other Form: Print version: Piṅgaḷi Sūrana. Kaḷāpūrṇōdayamu. English. Sound of the kiss, or, The story that must never be told. New York : Columbia University Press, ©2002 0231125968 (DLC) 2002025746 (OCoLC)49627701
ISBN 0231500963 (electronic book)
9780231500968 (electronic book)
Music No. EB00662147 Recorded Books