Nalarayadavadanticarita (Adventures of King Nala and Davadanti)

Nalarayadavadanticarita (Adventures of King Nala and Davadanti)
Author: Ernest Bender
Publisher: American Philosophical Society
Total Pages: 128
Release: 1951
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781422377062

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.

Library Catalog

Library Catalog
Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.). Library
Publisher:
Total Pages: 956
Release: 1960
Genre: Art
ISBN:

Language

Language
Author: George Melville Bolling
Publisher:
Total Pages: 754
Release: 1955
Genre: Comparative linguistics
ISBN:

Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Society in v. 1-11, 1925-34. After 1934 they appear in Its Bulletin.