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The Clay Sanskrit Library: Story Collections, Tales, Fables - (Hardcover)

The Clay Sanskrit Library: Story Collections, Tales, Fables - (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Adventure, conquest, romance, comedy, suspense, and tragedy are just a few of the themes woven together by the range of styles represented in this set of classical Sanskrit literature. The set brings together classics like the Aesop's fables which originated in Vishnu-sharman's "Five Discourses on Worldly Wisdom" with the less traditional, such as the adventures of Dandin's "What Ten Young Men Did," written uncharacteristically in prose rather than verse. <br>Included in this set: <br> The Emperor of the Sorcerers<br> Volume 1<br> By Budha-svamin. Edited and translated by Sir James Mallinson.<br> 452 pages / 978-0-8147-5701-7 <p/>The Emperor of the Sorcerers<br> Volume 2<br> By Budha-svamin. Edited and translated by Sir James Mallinson.<br> 467 pages / 978-0-8147-5707-9<br>Five Discourses on Worldly Wisdom<br> By Vishnu-sharman. Edited and translated by Patrick Olivelle.<br> 562 pages / 978-0-8147-6208-0<br>"Friendly Advice" by Naráyana & "King Víkrama's Adventures"<br> Translated by Judit Törzsök.<br> 742 pages / 978-0-8147-8305-4<br>How Úrvashi Was Won<br> Kali-dasa. Translated by Velcheru Narayana Rao and David Shulman.<br> 300 pages / 978-0-8147-4111-5 <br>The Ocean of the Rivers of Story<br> Volume 1<br> By Soma-deva. Translated by Sir James Mallinson.<br> 556 pages / 978-0-8147-8816-5<br>The Ocean of the Rivers of Story<br> Volume 2<br> By Soma-deva. Translated by Sir James Mallinson.<br> 580 pages / 978-0-8147-9558-3<br>The Quartet of Causeries<br> By Shúdraka, Shyamílaka, Vara-ruchi, and Íshvara-datta. Edited and translated by Csaba Dezsö and Somadeva Vasudeva.<br> 450 pages / 978-0-8147-1978-7<br>What Ten Young Men Did<br> By Dandin. Translated by Isabelle Onians.<br> 651 pages / 978-0-8147-6206-6</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><P>"This book makes important contributions to Women's Studies and Speech Communication and deserves our critical attention." -"Women's Studies in Communication",<br>

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