{"product_id":"mantra","title":"Mantra","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"17\" data-end=\"55\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"17\" data-end=\"28\"\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Binayak Bandopadhyay\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-start=\"57\" data-end=\"80\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"61\" data-end=\"78\"\u003eBook Details:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"81\" data-end=\"209\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"81\" data-end=\"111\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"83\" data-end=\"93\"\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Novel (Upanyas)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"112\" data-end=\"136\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"114\" data-end=\"125\"\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"137\" data-end=\"164\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"139\" data-end=\"148\"\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9789388870016\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"165\" data-end=\"183\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"167\" data-end=\"177\"\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"184\" data-end=\"209\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"186\" data-end=\"197\"\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 323 grams\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"211\" data-end=\"523\"\u003e📖 \u003cstrong data-start=\"214\" data-end=\"227\"\u003eSynopsis:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"227\" data-end=\"230\"\u003eOrphaned at a young age, \u003cstrong data-start=\"255\" data-end=\"266\"\u003eUttaran\u003c\/strong\u003e is entrusted by his mother to the care of the \u003cstrong data-start=\"313\" data-end=\"352\"\u003erenowned ascetic Brahmachari Thakur\u003c\/strong\u003e, who raises him in the \u003cstrong data-start=\"376\" data-end=\"396\"\u003eSatyasebi Ashram\u003c\/strong\u003e. 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