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9780226846477
Tales of Ancient India
by Van Buitenen, J. A.
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- ISBN-13: 9780226846477
- ISBN: 0226846474
- Publication Date: 1969
- Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr
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"This admirably produced and well-translated volume of stories from the Sanskrit takes the Western reader into one of the Golden Ages of India. . . . The world in which the tales are set is one which placed a premium upon slickness and guile as aids to success. . . . Merchants, aristocrats, Brahmins, thieves and courtesans mingle with vampires, demi-gods and the hierarchy of heaven in a series of lively or passionate adventures. The sources of the individual stories are clearly indicated; the whole treatment is scholarly without being arid."--The Times Literary Supplement "Fourteen tales from India, newly translated with a terse and vibrant effectiveness. These tales will appeal to any reader who enjoys action, suspense, characterization, and suspension of disbelief in the supernatural."--The PersonalistVan Buitenen, J. A. is the author of 'Tales of Ancient India', published 1969 under ISBN 9780226846477 and ISBN 0226846474.
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