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GATE 2023 XH2 (English) – Question 44

Comparative and World Literatures in English Translation · Literatures in English translation, particularly from India and the Global South · 1 mark · Multiple select

What are the sources of Girish Karnad’s Hayavadana?

  1. Thomas Mann’s The Transported Heads
  2. Valmiki’s Ramayana
  3. Somadeva’s Kathasaritsagara
  4. Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis

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Correct answer: (A) Thomas Mann’s The Transported Heads; (C) Somadeva’s Kathasaritsagara

Explanation

Karnad took the story of the exchanged heads from the Vetalapanchavimshati tales in Somadeva's Kathasaritsagara, through Thomas Mann's novella The Transposed Heads.