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Volume : II, Issue : VIII, September - 2012

Hayavadana –Quest for Completeness

Mohd. Javeed Iqbal

Published By : Laxmi Book Publication

Abstract :

Girish Karnad's play Hayavadana was published in1970,exactly six years after Tughlaq. The story of Hayavadana comes partly from Thomas Mann's story titled “Transposed Heads” which in turn in based on one of the versions of the story in “Vetal panchavimshati”. Hayavadana is an enigmatic play. Critical opinion is divided about what its main theme is. Kritinath Kurtkoti,who wrote a brief introduction to the English translation published in 1975 says:

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Mohd. Javeed Iqbal, (2012). Hayavadana –Quest for Completeness. Indian Streams Research Journal, Vol. II, Issue. VIII, http://oldisrj.lbp.world/UploadedData/1344.pdf

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  1. Girish Karnad's, Three Plays, New Delhi: Oxford University Press 2003
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  4. Guha, Naresh. “A Note on an Indian Legend in Thomas Mann,” The Image of Indian In western Creative Writing. Ed.M.K.Naik, S.K.Desai and S.T.Kallapur. Dharwar:1971.

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