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The Kathá Sarit Ságara; or, Ocean of the Streams of Story

Story of Sundarasena and Mandáravatí.

Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition Somadeva Bhatta, active 11th century and Tawney, C. H. (Charles Henry)

Source notes

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21 The Sanskrit College MS. has ehi for iha.
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22 I read sudurdharshám; the Sanskrit College MS. reads senaním (sic) iva durdharshám: the word translated “rhinoceros” can also mean “sword;” the adjective before it may mean “uplifted,” and the word translated “inhabited by lions” may perhaps mean, “commanded by a king.”
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23 I follow the reading of the Sanskrit College MS. which gives daghna instead of lagna.
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24 The Sanskrit College MS. reads vyásaktavíraśirasam̱.
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25 I read with the Sanskrit College MS. pátaḥ for práptiḥ.
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26vṛittántam̱ should probably be vṛittánta, and should be joined with the words that follow.
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27 An allusion to the phenomenon of the tides.
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28 The Sanskrit College MS. gives vṛishṭa-hiraṇya-vastram̱, in which gold and garments were showered on the people.
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29 I read śápopaníte with the Sanskrit College MS.

Source attribution

The Kathá Sarit Ságara; or, Ocean of the Streams of Story, Project Gutenberg eBook #40588

Chapter CI. Chapter CII.