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Nalarayadavadanticarita (Adventures of King Nala and Davadanti): A Work in Old Gujarati, Transactions, American Philosophical Society
Author(s): Ernest Bender
- Publisher: The American Philosophical Society Press
- Publication Date: January 1, 1951
- Language: English
- Print length: 372 pages
- ISBN-10: 1422377067
- ISBN-13: 9781422377062
Book Description
The Nalarayadavadanticarita is an Old Gujarati rendition of the Jain parallel to the Nala-Damayanti story of the Mahabharata. As with other parallel Jain, Hindu, & Buddhist stories & motifs, the work has many unique features, since the Jain story-teller employed it for the edifying presentation of the Jain religion. The present edition is based upon four paper manuscripts, designated, for facility of reference, B, H, P, & S. Contents: (I) Introduction: The Source of the Materials; The Story & Its Significance; Meters; (II) Grammar: Phonology; Morphology; Notes on Syntax; (III) Text: (IV) Translation; (V) Glossary; & (VI) References. This is a print on demand edition of an important, hard-to-find publication.
