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{{infobox book | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Novels or Wikipedia:WikiProject_Books --><br />
| name = Parthiban Kanavu<br />
| title_orig = பார்த்திபன் கனவு<br />
| image =<br />
| caption =<br />
| author = [[Kalki Krishnamurthy]]<br />
| cover_artist =<br />
| country = {{IND}}<br />
| language = [[Tamil language|Tamil]]<br />
| series =<br />
| genre = [[Historical novel]]<br />
| publisher = [[MacMillan India]]<br />
| release_date = 1942 (An abridged English translation was published in January 2003)<br />
| media_type = Print ([[Hardcover]])<br />
| pages =<br />
| isbn = 1-4039-0954-7<br />
| congress= MLCM 2003/00425 (P) PL4758.9.K68<br />
| oclc= 52846173<br />
| preceded_by = [[Sivagamiyin Sapatham]]<br />
| followed_by = [[Ponniyin Selvan]]<br />
| native_wikisource = பார்த்திபன்_கனவு<br />
| translator = Nandini Vijayaraghavan (2020)<br />
}}<br />
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''''' Parthiban Kanavu ''''' ({{lang-ta|பார்த்திபன் கனவு}}, {{transl|ta|ISO|pārttipaṉ kaṉavu}}, lit. Parthiban's dream) is a [[Tamil language|Tamil]] novel written by [[Kalki Krishnamurthy]].<br />
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Adapted in 1960 into a film of the same [[Parthiban Kanavu (1960 film)|name]], starring [[Gemini Ganesan]] and [[Vyjayanthimala]]<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/paarthibhan-kanavu-1960/article3021537.ece | title= Paarthibhan Kanavu 1960 | date=29 May 2009 | newspaper=The Hindu | accessdate=1 August 2020 }}</ref> the story is a sequel to [[Sivagamiyin Sapatham]] and a curtain-raiser to [[Ponniyin Selvan]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tulikabooks.com/classics-in-translation/parthiban-s-dream-english.html|title=Parthiban's Dream (English)}}</ref> In 2004, Nirupama Raghavan penned an abridged (English) translation.<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/lr/2004/12/05/stories/2004120500180300.htm ]{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><br />
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==Plot summary==<br />
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This novel chronicles the attempts of Vikraman, the son of the [[Chola]] king Parthiban, to attain independence from the [[Pallava]] ruler [[Narasimhavarman I]].<br />
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In the seventh century the Cholas are vassals of the Pallavas. Parthiban conveys his dream of the Chola dynasty regaining its glory&nbsp;– which he believes is lost since they are no longer the independent rulers&nbsp;– to his young son Vikraman. Parthiban refuses to pay tribute to the Pallavas, triggering a battle in which Parthiban is killed. Before he dies, on the battlefield, an enigmatic monk promises Parthiban that he will make sure that Vikraman fulfills Parthiban's dream. On becoming an adult, Vikraman plans his revenge but is betrayed by his treacherous uncle, Marappa Bhupathi. The prince is arrested and exiled to a far-off island by Narasimhavarman.<br />
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Three years later Vikraman returns, longing to meet his mother and a mysterious beauty whom he saw before being deported. He discovers that his mother has disappeared, kidnapped by members of the savage [[Kapalika]] cult given to performing human sacrifices. He also learns that the beauty he has fallen for, Kundhavi, is none other than the daughter of his sworn enemy, Narasimhavarman.<br />
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Several twists and turns later, the monk is revealed as the Pallava emperor Narasimhavarman, who keeps his word to the dying Parthiban by helping establish an independent kingdom under Vikraman in [[Uraiyur]], followed by the Chola prince's marriage to Kundhavi.<br />
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The novel ends by stating that Parthiban's dream of a great Chola dynasty was passed on from father to son, and was finally realised three hundred years after Parthiban's time, in the reign of [[Raja Raja Chola I]].<br />
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==Allusions/references to actual history, geography and current science==<br />
As is his wont, Kalki mixes historical events/personalities along with fictional characters. The historical characters/events include :<br />
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* [[Narasimhavarman I|Narasimhavarman]] - The [[Pallava]] ruler<br />
* [[Paranjothi]] aka Siruthondar&nbsp;— The commander of Narasimhavarman's army and the 36th of the 63 ''[[Nayanmar]]s''<br />
* [[Pulakesi II]] - The [[Chalukya]] ruler<br />
* The visit of the Chinese traveller [[Xuanzang]]<br />
* Narasimha Varma's efforts to abolish human sacrifice<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:1942 novels]]<br />
[[Category:Tamil history]]<br />
[[Category:Tamil novels]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian novels]]<br />
[[Category:Novels first published in serial form]]<br />
[[Category:Works originally published in Kalki (magazine)]]<br />
[[Category:Novels set in the Chola Empire]]<br />
[[Category:Indian historical novels]]<br />
[[Category:Indian historical novels in Tamil]]<br />
[[Category:Novels set in Tamil Nadu]]<br />
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