Nalarayadavadanticarita (Adventures of King Nala and Davadanti): A Work in Old Gujarati, Transactions, American Philosophical Society (Vol. 40, Part 4

by Ernest Bende

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:...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1422377067
• ISBN13: 9781422377062
• Release Date: January 1951
• Publisher: American Philosophical Society Press
• Length: 372 Pages