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portada Devyani: The Vicious Beauty
Type
Physical Book
Author
Publisher
Language
English
Pages
200
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
20.3 x 12.7 x 1.1 cm
Weight
0.20 kg.
ISBN13
9781482859485
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Devyani: The Vicious Beauty

T. K. B. Sinha (Author) · Partridge India · Paperback

Devyani: The Vicious Beauty - Sinha, T. K. B.

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Synopsis "Devyani: The Vicious Beauty"

The traditional view of a mythological character is that it is staid, flat, and uninteresting, belonging to an unreal world of the days gone by. But contrary to this, Devyani, the daughter of a sage, is surprisingly different. She is not only vivacious and enticing but also a tempestuous lover, free-willed, and unyielding. Being a spoilt child, she is in the habit of getting things done at any cost. She makes her father revive her lover Kutch (killed twice by the demons) to life because she says she can't live without him. Unlike most of the present-day girls, she offers herself to the young man to marry her, but at his refusal (for personal reasons), she curses him. When she is rescued by Yayati (a Kshatriya king) from the blind well, into which she had fallen, she asks him to marry her because he had held her by the hand. Yayati is reluctant as they belong to different social strata, where the customs do not allow such wedlock, but she is determined to have her way. She pressures her unwilling father to perform her marriage, which the poor man does despite the unfavorable customs. He can't displease his daughter. She has no qualms about blackmailing the king (in whose court her father was an advisor) to give away his daughter, Sharmistha, as her permanent slave when she goes to her husband's house. The fact that both the girls were bosom friends did not deter her from her meanness. It is surprising to note that such a liberated and strong female character was created in an epic thousands of years ago.

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