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| Original Title: | ययाति |
| ISBN: | 8122204287 (ISBN13: 9788122204285) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | Jnanpith Award (1974) |
Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar
Paperback | Pages: 251 pages Rating: 4.06 | 3852 Users | 223 Reviews
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| Title | : | Yayati: A Classic Tale of Lust |
| Author | : | Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 251 pages |
| Published | : | January 15th 1978 by ORIENT PAPERBACKS (first published February 1963) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Mythology. Literature. Marathi. Fiction. Classics. Asian Literature. Indian Literature. Cultural. India. Historical. Historical Fiction |
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The story of Yayati is perhaps one of the most intriguing and fascinating episodes of Mahabharata. Yayati was a great scholar and one of the noblest rulers of olden times. He followed the shastras and was devoted to the welfare of his subjects. Even the King of Gods, Indra, held him in high esteem. Married to seductively beautiful Devyani, in love with her maid Sharmishtha, and father of five sons from two women, yet Yayati unabashedly declares, My lust for pleasure is unsatisfied. His quest for the carnal continued, sparing not even his youngest son, and exchanging his old age for his son s youth.Rating Containing Books Yayati: A Classic Tale of Lust
Ratings: 4.06 From 3852 Users | 223 ReviewsRate Containing Books Yayati: A Classic Tale of Lust
A tale of love and lust. Great work of fiction. Although the author has departed from the original story of Yayati as given in Mahabharata and Puranas, but he makes it clear at the outset that it is a work of fiction and only the names of characters have been taken from Mahabharata.Through this enchanting book, the author gives his perspective on various philosophical things like love and lust, life and death, good and evil etc. He finally concludes that the best way to live happily andOne of my favorite story addicted story like Harry Potter and game of thrones
Yayati....a different type of loves described so beautifully!!! Yayati's selfish love,Devayani's ego filled love n Sharnishtha's unconditional love.Three different people's lives n views.Most beautifully potraited complicated relations.Every character will carry bad n good qualities,there is space for each character that is what i liked most.
Lust, which is a no-spoken word today giving examples of our culture. mythologies and sculptures are filled with references and this book has taken an open approach to address them. King Yayati, Devayani, Sharmishtha and Kacha have played their roles well with the writer doing justice to the prelude of the great epic. Indians are good in story telling and there should be more bold attempts to view our culture the way it is. An engrossing read.
Momentary pleasure cannot bring us true happiness. Get it? No? Well, let me repeatedly beat it over your head with 250 pages of bad writing, flat characters and cliched philosophy.
A classic tale of Lust - how potent a title. I'm not sure why its called a tale of lust. Perhaps because the 18 years of cup brimming with "happiness". To me its a tale of domestic. It's a tale of shades of love. Its a tale which without cliché royalty aspect would be a tale that is very common now a days! The different voices gives depth to varied emotions. How jealousy and anger can disrupt life; how being selfless gives strength to walk through difficult paths; how one's life depends their
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