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01931cam a2200337Ia 4500 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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CUTN |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20190218111343.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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030416s2003 ii 000 0 eng |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780195674453 |
| 025 ## - OVERSEAS ACQUISITION NUMBER |
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| Overseas acquisition number |
I-E-2003-307513; 25 |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE |
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| Language |
English |
| 042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE |
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| Authentication code |
lcode |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
894.8113 |
| Item number |
IND |
| 100 0# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Parthasarathy, Indira |
| 240 10 - UNIFORM TITLE |
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| Uniform title |
<a href="Nandan Kathai.">Nandan Kathai.</a> |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The legend of Nandan |
| Remainder of title |
Nandan kathai / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Indira Parthasarathy ; translated from Tamil by C.T. Indra. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
New Delhi : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Oxford University Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2003. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xx, 82 p. ; |
| Dimensions |
23 cm. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
Nandan, a bonded labourer, is deeply discontented with his servile existence, and yearns for a better way of life for himself and his people. His artistic appreciation of the dancing Lord Nataraja of Chidambaram temple leads him to seek and receive a darshan of the deity. The upper-caste Hindus begin to feel threatened by the rise of Nandan, and enlist the help of the 'learned' Vedic Brahmin, who misuses Nandan's piety and deceives him into submitting himself to a fire-bath in front of the Lord, so that he may emerge 'purified'. Thus, Nandan's ambitious ascent from his low birth is effectively cut short." "The story of Nandan can be interpreted as a saga of the suffering of suppressed people everywhere. It deconstructs the original legends of Nandan which are inalienable to Hindu culture, and challenges society's canonization of bhakti and religious fervour." "This play will appeal to students and scholars of Tamil literature, South Asian literature in translation, and Indian theatre, as well as the general reader. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Caste |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Tamil (Indic people) |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
English Translation |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Indra, C. T. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Koha item type |
General Books |
| 100 0# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Dates associated with a name |
1930- |
| Locally assigned cutter number (author) |
INT |
| 240 10 - UNIFORM TITLE |
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| Language of a work |
English |
| 246 31 - VARYING FORM OF TITLE |
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| Title proper/short title |
Nandan kathai |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Geographic subdivision |
India |
| Form subdivision |
Drama. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Form subdivision |
Drama. |
