Tales of Ancient India
by J. A. B. van Buitenen
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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 show more 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 Personalist show lessTags
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Absolutely yummy! One of my favorites, the stories are fun to read, yet still very Indian-feeling. Stories are also fairly secular and of varying lengths.
Book Description: Univ of Chicago Pr, 1959.
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- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, Religion & Spirituality
- DDC/MDS
- 398.20934 — Society, government, & culture Customs, etiquette & folklore Folklore & Folktales Folk literature History, geographic treatment, biography Folklore of the ancient world
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- GR305 .B813 — Geography, Anthropology and Recreation Folklore Folklore By region or country
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