Samskara: A Rite for a Dead Man
Description
In a decaying Brahmin colony in South India, the death of a revered scholar throws the community into turmoil as they grapple with ancient traditions and their own rigid adherence to them. As the community debates the proper rites for the deceased, one man, Naranappa, finds himself at the center of a profound personal and spiritual crisis. This novella masterfully explores the tension between tradition and modernity, faith and doubt, and the complex, often contradictory, nature of human identity. U.R. Ananthamurthy's powerful narrative offers a poetic reworking of timeless Hindu themes, questioning the very essence of ritual and the possibility of true transformation in a world resistant to change.
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paperback
Oxford University Press, USA
Published Jun 21, 1979
168 pages
ISBN: 9780195610796
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Details
First Published
1965
Language
eng
Translation
From: kan
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