Parva ( Epoche ) ist ein Roman von S. L. Bhyrappa in Kannada . Er erzählt das Sanskrit- Epos Mahabharata aus der Perspektive der Hauptfiguren nach. Der Roman gilt weithin als moderner Klassiker. [ 1 ] Parva zählt zu Bhyrappas meistdiskutierten und populärsten Werken und wird von vielen als sein größtes angesehen.

Hintergrund

Bhyrappa beschreibt die Entstehung des Romans in einem Essay mit dem Titel „ Parva Baredaddu“ ( Kannada : ಪರ್ವ ಬರೆದದ್ದು ) in seinem Buch „Nāneka Barayuttena “ ( ನಾನೇಕೆ ಬರೆಯುತ್ತೇನೆ ). [ 2 ] Ein Freund, Dr. A. Narayanappa, ermutigte Bhyrappa, seine Interpretation des Mahabharata als Roman zu verfassen. Der Autor beschloss, „Parva“ während einer Reise durch die Garhwal -Region im Himalaya zu schreiben . Er wohnte in einem Dorf, in dem Polyandrie praktiziert wurde. Weitere Recherchen ergaben, dass diese Praxis in der Region seit der Zeit Draupadis fortbestand . Bhyrappa berichtet, wie ihn diese Erfahrung dazu veranlasste, mehrere Orte in Nordindien zu besuchen, die im Mahabharata erwähnt werden.

Bhyrappa subsequently moved to a new job in Mysore. In Parva Baredaddu, he narrates how the novel "stayed in his mind," and "forced" him to apply for an unpaid vacation and conduct research. His research covered multiple perspectives including the historicity of the Mahābhārata, geography of Bharatavarsha (India), anthropological aspects of the time, techniques of warfare, and philosophical concepts. Bhyrappa visited most of the places listed in the epic over a period of more than a year. He visited the Yadava capital Dwaraka (now believed to be submerged[3]), Lothal, Rajasthan, Rajagriha, Kurukshetra, Old Delhi, and parts of the Panchala territory.

Translations

A theatrical play was performed on the novel's basis, in Rangayana, Mysore, in 2021

Parva has been translated into seven Indian languages and three foreign languages. The Indian translations are: Bengali: পর্ব; Hindi: पर्व; Malayalam: പർവ്വം;[4]Marathi: पर्व; Tamil: பருவம்; Telugu: పర్వము; and Sanskrit: पर्व. The Tamil translation of Pavannan and the Telugu translation of Gangisetty Lakshminarayana won the Sahitya Akademi's translation award in 2004.[5]

Among foreign languages, the first translation appeared in English under the title Parva: A Tale of War, Peace, Love, Death, God and Man. It was the work of K. Raghavendra Rao. The Russian translation by Abhai Maurya and Sonu Saini appeared in 2020. It was titled Парва.[6][7] The Chinese translation (Chinese: 大纪元) appeared in the same year as the Russian one. Parva was translated into Mandarin Chinese by a team of B. R. Deepak and Xu Ke.[8]

Storyline

The novel narrates the story of Mahabharata mostly using monologue as a literary technique. Several principal characters found in the original Mahabharata reminisce almost their entire lives. Both the setting and the context for the reminiscence is the onset of the Kurukshetra War. The novel begins with a conversation in the court of Madra desha. It was the time when the preparations of war had just begun. The episode is followed by reminiscences of Kunti, Draupadi, Bheema and Arjuna. The next part of novel discusses the war from a rational view.[9] The novel seeks to reconstruct the disintegration of a vast community involving the Kauravas and Pandavas.[10]

Awards

In 2007, Parva won the Deraje award.[11]

Notes

  1. ^ಭೈರಪ್ಪ, ಸಂತೇಶಿವರ (1996). ಭಿತ್ತಿ (in Kannada). Bengaluru: ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ ಭಂಡಾರ.
  2. ^ಭೈರಪ್ಪ, ಸಂತೇಶಿವರ (1980). ನಾನೇಕೆ ಬರೆಯುತ್ತೇನೆ (in Kannada). Bengaluru: ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ ಭಂಡಾರ. p. 146.
  3. ^Rao, Shikaripura (1999). The Lost City of Dvaraka. Aditya Prakashan. ISBN 8186471480.
  4. ^"അക്കാദമി വാര്‍ഷികവും അവാര്‍ഡ് സമര്‍പ്പണവും". Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  5. ^"Books for Translation Prize get Sahitya Akademi's nod". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 16 February 2005. Archived from the original on 20 December 2005. Retrieved 31 October 2007.
  6. ^"माननीय उपराष्ट्रपति श्री वेंकैया नायडू द्वारा भारतीय साहित्य की 10 महान कृतियों के चीनी तथा रूसी भाषाओं में अनुवादों की घोषणा"(PDF) (Press release) (in Hindi). 30 November 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  7. ^Sahitya Akademi [@sahityaakademi] (30 November 2020). "Parva ПАРВА" (Tweet). Retrieved 24 April 2021 – via Twitter.
  8. ^Sahitya Akademi [@sahityaakademi] (30 November 2020). "Parva 大纪元" (Tweet). Retrieved 24 April 2021 – via Twitter.
  9. ^"NTR award to be given away tomorrow". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 27 May 2007. Archived from the original on 3 July 2007. Retrieved 31 October 2007.
  10. ^Various authors, Sahitya Akademi (1987), p. 430
  11. ^"Bhyrappa to receive Deraje Award"Archived 1 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine. 10 February 2007 The Hindu

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