The Ocean of the Rivers of Story (Volume 1): 57 (Clay Sanskrit Library) - Tapa dura

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Somadeva

 
9780814788165: The Ocean of the Rivers of Story (Volume 1): 57 (Clay Sanskrit Library)

Sinopsis

Soma·deva composed his "Ocean of the Rivers of Story" in Kashmir in the eleventh century CE. It is a vast collection of tales based on "The Long Story," a now lost (and perhaps legendary) repository of Indian fables, in which prince Nara·váhana·datta wins twenty-six wives and becomes the emperor of the sorcerers. There are tales within tales within tales. By turns funny, exciting, or didactic, they illustrate points within the narrative or are told simply to provide entertainment for the protagonists. Its twenty thousand plus verses are written in simple but elegant Sanskrit and it has long been used as an introductory text for students of the language.
Co-published by New York University Press and the JJC Foundation
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Sir James Mallinson translates and edits Sanskrit literature full time for the JJC Foundation, co-publishers (with NYU Press) of the Clay Sanskrit Library.

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9780814795583: "the Ocean of the Rivers of Story" by Somadeva (Volume 2): 18 (Clay Sanskrit Library)

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ISBN 10:  0814795587 ISBN 13:  9780814795583
Editorial: New York University Press, 2009
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