Download or read book The Clay Sanskrit Library: Story Collections, Tales, Fables written by Clay Sanskrit Library and published by Clay Sanskrit. This book was released on 2009-11-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adventure, conquest, romance, comedy, suspense, and tragedy are just a few of the themes woven together by the range of styles represented in this set of classical Sanskrit literature. The set brings together classics like the Aesop’s fables which originated in Vishnu·sharman’s “Five Discourses on Worldly Wisdom” with the less traditional, such as the adventures of Dandin’s “What Ten Young Men Did,” written uncharacteristically in prose rather than verse. Included in this set: The Emperor of the Sorcerers Volume 1 By Budha·svamin. Edited and translated by Sir James Mallinson. 452 pages / 978-0-8147-5701-7 The Emperor of the Sorcerers Volume 2 By Budha·svamin. Edited and translated by Sir James Mallinson. 467 pages / 978-0-8147-5707-9 Five Discourses on Worldly Wisdom By Vishnu·sharman. Edited and translated by Patrick Olivelle. 562 pages / 978-0-8147-6208-0 “Friendly Advice” by Naráyana & “King Víkrama’s Adventures” Translated by Judit Törzsök. 742 pages / 978-0-8147-8305-4 How Úrvashi Was Won Kali·dasa. Translated by Velcheru Narayana Rao and David Shulman. 300 pages / 978-0-8147-4111-5 The Ocean of the Rivers of Story Volume 1 By Soma·deva. Translated by Sir James Mallinson. 556 pages / 978-0-8147-8816-5 The Ocean of the Rivers of Story Volume 2 By Soma·deva. Translated by Sir James Mallinson. 580 pages / 978-0-8147-9558-3 The Quartet of Causeries By Shúdraka, Shyamílaka, Vara·ruchi, and Íshvara·datta. Edited and translated by Csaba Dezsö and Somadeva Vasudeva. 450 pages / 978-0-8147-1978-7 What Ten Young Men Did By Dandin. Translated by Isabelle Onians. 651 pages / 978-0-8147-6206-6