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Chatursen, Acharya

Literary

Rajpal

Vaishali Ki Nagarvadhu

Meri Priya Kahaniyaan

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Goli (गोली) (Hindi Edition)

Classics

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Vaishali Ki Nagarvadhu - (वैशाली की नगरवधू) (Hindi Edition)

Women's Fiction

Diamond Books

वैशाली की नगरवधू, वयं रक्षामः और सोमनाथ जैसे सुप्रसिद्ध उपन्यासों के लेखक आचार्य चतुरसेन के इस उपन्यास की पृष्ठभूमि बारहवीं ईस्वी सदी का बिहार है जब बौद्ध धर्म कुरीतियों के कारण पतन की ओर तेज़ी से बढ़ रहा था। कहानी है बौद्ध भिक्षु दिवोदास की, जो धर्म के नाम पर होने वाले दुराचारों को देखकर विद्रोह कर डालता है जिसके लिए उसे कारागार और पागलखाने में डाल दिया जाता है। वहां पर उसे एक देवदासी और एक भूतपूर्व सेवक सहारा देते हैं और उनकी सहायता से दिवोदास धर्म के नाम पर किए जाने वाले अत्याचारों का भंडाफोड़ करता है। आचार्य चतुरसेन ने किस्सागोई के अपने खास अंदाज़ में, इस कथानक के जरिये धर्म और धर्म के ढोंग को बहुत ही भावनात्मक और रोचक ढंग से चित्रित किया है और दिखाया है कि भारत से बौद्धधर्म का लोप किन कारणों से हुआ। पठनीयता इतनी है कि शुरू से अंत तक पाठक को बाँधे रखती है।

Devangna (देवांगना) (Hindi Edition)

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Fantasy

In the ancient republic of Vaishali, a childless couple discover an abandoned infant girl in a mango orchard. They name her Ambapali, one who sprouted from a mango. When she turns eighteen, Ambapali is forced to become a courtesan – the Bride of the City – under Vaishali’s laws which dictate that a woman as beautiful as her cannot be only one man’s wife. Ambapali bows before the iron law of her society, but does not allow herself to be crushed. She sets terms that make her residence, the Palace of Seven Worlds, a centre of power. While the richest and the most powerful men grovel before her, Ambapali bides her time even as she burns with revenge…\nVaishali Ki Nagarvadhu was published in Hindi in 1948-49. With its vast canvas of characters including the Buddha and Mahavir, its moods, and its depictions of lust, love, statecraft, sorcery, war, spiritualism, and above all, of the human condition, this is an unrivalled epic.

Bride of the City Volume 1: Vaishali Ki Nagarvadhu

Genre Fiction

Cernunnos Books

Review\n"A sweeping epic that spans hearts and minds of all levels of Northern Indian society in 500 BCE." 
Midwest Book Review\n"A Bollywood-like panoply of opulent castles, warrior princes, courtesans, dancers, wily courtiers, sorcerers, and divinely beautiful women." 
Historical Novel Society (on Vol. 1)\nIn the ancient republic of Vaishali, a childless couple discover an abandoned infant girl in a mango orchard. They name her Ambapali, one who sprouted from a mango. When she turns eighteen, Ambapali is forced to become a courtesan - the Bride of the City - under Vaishali's laws which dictate that a woman as beautiful as her cannot be only one man's wife. Ambapali bows before the iron law of her society, but does not allow herself to be crushed. She sets terms that make her residence, the Palace of Seven Worlds, a centre of power. While the richest and the most powerful men grovel before her, Ambapali bides her time even as she burns with revenge...\nVaishali Ki Nagarvadhu was published in Hindi in 1948-49. With its vast canvas of characters including the Buddha and Mahavir, its moods, and its depictions of lust, love, statecraft, sorcery, war, spiritualism, and above all, of the human condition, this is an unrivalled epic.

Bride of the City Volume 2

Cernunos Books Pte. Ltd.

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