Cilappatikaram of Ilanka Atikal

An Epic of South India
Paperback (C Format)
446 pages
Published: 1994
Publisher: University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton
ISBN / EAN: 0231078498

This translation of the 5th-century Indian epic love story of Kannaki and Kovalan follows the conventions of classical Tamil poetry and is told in three phases: the erotic, the mythic, and the heroic. The author provides an introduction to the poem.