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Wikipedia article
'Yojana Gandha' is a Nepali novel by Binod Prasad Dhital. It was published in 1995 by Sajha Prakashan. The book is based on a character from Mahabharata, Satyawati. The book won the prestigious Madan Puraskar. It is second book of the author who previously penned a regional novel called 'Ujyalo Hunu Aghi'.
Synopsis
The book depicts the story of Satyawati as she emerges from being a daughter of a fisherman to the queen of Hastinapur. The plot of Yojana Gandha is mainly based on Mahabharata and partly on Harivansh Purana and Devi Bhagavata. Yojanagandha is also one of the innumerable characters hidden within the vastness of the gigantic book Mahabharata. The Hindu mythological female character Yojanagandha also has a significant place in the Mahabharata, while the novelist Dhital has portrayed Yojanagandha as the main character in the this novel.
Characters
* Satyawati, an adopted daughter of a fisherman.
* King Shantanu, king of Hastinapur
* Bhisma, son of Shantanu and goddess Ganga
* Vyasa, son of Satyawati with Parashara
* Parashara, a sage
* Chitrangada, son of Satyawati and Shantanu
* Vichitravirya, son of Satyawati and Shantanu
Reception
The book received the Madan Puraskar 2052 BS (1995), the highest literary honor in Nepali literature. The book also won the Sajha Puraskar in the same year.
See also
* 'Madhabi'
* 'Yogmaya'
* 'Nepali Shakuntala'
References
Category:Nepalese novels
Category:20th-century Nepalese novels
Category:1995 novels
Category:Madan Puraskar-winning works
Category:Sajha Puraskar-winning works
Category:1995 Nepalese novels
Category:Novels based on the Mahabharata
Category:Nepali-language novels
Category:Nepalese mythological novels
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