VOLUME 1 – PARANJYOTHI’S JOURNEY
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1 : 2 : 3 : 4 : 5 : 6 : 7 : 8 : 9 : 10 : 11 : 12 : 13 : 14 : 15 : 16 : 17 : 18 : 19 : 20 : 21 : 22 : 23 : 24 : 25 : 26 : 27 : 28 : 29 : 30 : 31 : 32 : 33 : 34 : 35 : 36 : 37 : 38 : 39 : 40 : 41 : 42 : 43 : 44 : 45 : 46 : 47
VOLUME 2 – SEIGE OF KANCHI
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1 : 2 : 3 : 4 : 5 : 6 : 7 : 8 : 9 : 10 : 11 : 12 : 13 : 14 : 15 : 16 : 17 : 18 : 19 : 20 : 21 : 22 : 23 : 24 : 25 : 26 : 27 : 28 : 29 : 30 : 31 : 32 : 33 : 34 : 35 : 36 : 37 : 38 : 39 : 40 : 41 : 42 : 43 : 44 : 45 : 46 : 47 : 48 : 49 : 50 : 51 : 52 : 53 : 54 : 55
VOLUME 3 – THE BIKSHU’S LOVE
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Welcome to my blog ‘Literature in Translation’ (www.litintrans.com), a blog that aims to provide readers English translation of Indian literature. My maiden offering is an English translation of the Tamil classic; Kalki Krishnamurthy’s (September 9, 1899–December 5, 1954) historical novel – Sivakamiyin Sabadham (Sivakami’s Oath).
Sivakamiyin Sabadham is a four volume novel. The translation of the first two volumes – Paranjyothi’s Journey & Siege of Kanchi – is provided in two separate pages of this blog. I will be posting the translation of the remaining two volumes on a weekly basis going forward. The Translator’s Note on the right sidebar lists the various resources I have drawn from for this translation.
I solicit your support and feedback.
Nandini Vijayaraghavan
11 Comments
Nandini.. you are a genius!
Cheers
Maha
Wow, wonder how you managed to find the time- will definitely read this
Hi,
It is a stupendous effort indeed. Congratualtions.
I hold Kalki in highest esteem as the greatest Tamil writer for his master pieces of Historicals, Short stories with powerful social impact (eg. “Kedariyin Thayar” – I rate them on par with Sharad Chandra), essays with lot of humour (eg. “Tirumayilai Vadapureeshwarar”), music criticisms etc.
This historical was finished as a serial before I was born, but I read it absorbingly as a school boy in our village panchayat library in book form.
Even as a student I was intrigued by the defeat of Harshavardhana the mighty emperor at the hands of Deccan king Pulakesi II who in turn was humbled by still smaller king Mahendra Pallava! He wove a beautifully absorbing story taking us back to those days. As a boy I have read & reread some chapters many times such as his encounter with Paranjothi the innocent messenger, disguised as Vajra Bahu and particularly their jointly disposing of an attack by a group, Mayursimha’s story etc which are still green in my memory.
While Mami and I studied in Tamil medium & hence could derive the benefit of reading such great works in original, I am sorry all our 3 children could not be so fortunate as they studied in Mumbai. But I am glad that such painstaking efforts by people like you through translations would compensate for it in providing an opportunity to get to know such things.
We will also read the English version and get back.
With best wishes,
S.G.subramanian
wow my daughter would love to read this. she does not know tamizh.but loves to read a lot.
Nandini – this is amazing! When on earth do you find the time. You have provided access to a piece of literature which was previously inaccessible for me and I thank you for that! I am also very much looking forward to reading it!
Thanks nandini . I have heard stories of Sivakamiyin sabadham as a child from my mother, but could not read the novel since I didn’t know to read Tamil. Thanks for translating it to English.
This Is A Complete Historical Romance Novel. Though I Don’t Like Reading Romance Novels, I Took My Time And Skimmed Through The First Chapter “Paranjyothi’s Journey”. The Description is amazing and amma has translated it extremely well. Good Job!!!
Dear Nandini,
You did a great job. I Thanks U for translating this book. Its amazing. I’m a great fan for KALKI KRISHNAMOORTHY, from today for u also. BYE
tremendous effort , patience and involvement has been undergone in making this. thank you so much for this painstaking effort and congratulations for the future works.
ALL THE BEST
i enjoy reading this
Hats off , great work Nandini . Surprised to know U have time inspite of ur very busy schedule . Keep going.
Really Nice… I dont have words to express my gratitude to you… Really getting excited everyday reading the novel. Thank you…. Thank you so much for your pain and tremendous work.