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Saartha
The Kannada novel,"ಸಾರ್ಥ", 1998 print
AuthorS L Bhyrappa
LanguageKannada
GenreFiction
Published1998 Sahitya Bhandara, Balepet, Bangalore.
Publication placeIndia
Media typePrint (Hardcover & Paperback)
Preceded byTantu 
Followed byMandra (Novel) 

Saartha, which means Caravan, a novel written by novelist S.L. Bhyrappa. Through a caravan, the novel explores the whole of India of the 8th century A.D. covering the political, economical, artistic and spiritual life of the country. It uses some historical persons like Adi Shankaracharya, Maṇḍana Miśra, Ubhaya Bharati and Kumārila Bhaṭṭa and institutions like Nalanda.[1][2] It is a unique novel translated into Sanskrit and received by Sanskrit scholars like a work originally written in Sanskrit It is translated into Hindi and in English published by Oxford University Press,Chennai [3]

References

  1. ^ "Saartha by SL Byrappa".
  2. ^ "Routes of conflict".
  3. ^ "ಸಾರ್ಥ [Sartha]".