Vasavadatta English Sanskrit A Sanskrit Romance Tr With An Introd

Author : Subandhu Subandhu
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780666822734
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (227 download)

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Download or read book Vāsavadattā written by Subandhu Subandhu and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-12-02 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Vāsavadattā A Sanskrit Romance The precept Of Horace, 07mm prematur in ammm, has been more than obeyed in this volume, for it was on November 3, 1901, that I began the translation Of the Vdmvaa'az'td. From that day Subandhu's romance has never been long absent from my thoughts, although many practical exigencies, some of them not wholly agreeable to a scholar, have forced me again and again to lay the task aside, Often for six months at a stretch. Yet these clouds, too, have had their silver lining, for not only has my work thus had time to ripen, but much has appeared bearing on the novel during these intervals, or has been called to my attention by friends. The first draft of the translation was, for example, almost completed when, in March, 1903, Dr. George C. O. Haas noted for me an entry in a catalogue of Stechert, of New York, which enabled me to purchase a copy of the edition of the Vdsavadaz'td printed in Telugu script at Madras in 1862. This necessitated a renewed study of the text in comparison with the edition of Hall, and ultimately led me to include a transliteration Of the southern recension in my work, together with the variants of all the other editions. Some of these would have been inaccessible to me, had it not been for the courtesy of the India Office, which, at the instance of Mr. F. W. Thomas, its librarian, most generously loaned me the texts I needed, so that I might use them at leisure in my own study. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.