Śakuntalá; or, Śakuntalá recognized by the ring, the Devanágarí recension, ed. with tr. of the metrical passages, and notes by M. Williams |
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... plays . This work is by the illustrious Kālidāsa , who is supposed by some native authorities ( though on insufficient ... play of his fancy , his profound knowledge of the human heart , his delicate appreciation of its most refined and ...
... plays . This work is by the illustrious Kālidāsa , who is supposed by some native authorities ( though on insufficient ... play of his fancy , his profound knowledge of the human heart , his delicate appreciation of its most refined and ...
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... play , consequent upon its popularity , had led to a perplexing result , —not , however , unexampled , as has since ... plays were known long before they could have experienced any foreign influence . It has lately been made known in ...
... play , consequent upon its popularity , had led to a perplexing result , —not , however , unexampled , as has since ... plays were known long before they could have experienced any foreign influence . It has lately been made known in ...
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... play known to Europeans . No edition of the text appeared till about forty years afterwards , when one was produced in 1830 , after immense labour , at Paris , by M. Chézy . He deserved great credit for the difficulties he surmounted ...
... play known to Europeans . No edition of the text appeared till about forty years afterwards , when one was produced in 1830 , after immense labour , at Paris , by M. Chézy . He deserved great credit for the difficulties he surmounted ...
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... play of the Śakuntala , two editions have appeared on the Continent ; one at Bonn , by Lenz , and a more perfect one at St. Petersburg , by Bollensen : an edition of this play was also printed at the Education press in Calcutta in 1830 ...
... play of the Śakuntala , two editions have appeared on the Continent ; one at Bonn , by Lenz , and a more perfect one at St. Petersburg , by Bollensen : an edition of this play was also printed at the Education press in Calcutta in 1830 ...
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... play . 2. Sankara , whose commentary , from the Wilson Collection in the Bodleian Library , is on the Bengali recension , and written in the Bengāli character . In many places it agrees with the readings of the Deva - nagarī recension ...
... play . 2. Sankara , whose commentary , from the Wilson Collection in the Bodleian Library , is on the Bengali recension , and written in the Bengāli character . In many places it agrees with the readings of the Deva - nagarī recension ...
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