Review: Der Kathākoṣa : Text und Ubersetzung mit bibliographischen Anmerkungen

Der Kathākoša Text und Ubersetzung mit bibliographischen Anmerkungen by Ingeberg Hoffmann, Munchen, 1974 C. H. Tawney's English translation of an annoymous Kathakota (1895) has been frequently used by students of Indian narrative literature, but original Sanskrit text did not become available till Jagdishlal Shastri pub- lished it in 1942. Shastri's text, besides being based on

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भायाणी इंगेबोर्ग हॉफमान द्वारा सम्पादित और जर्मन में अनूदित संस्कृत कथाकोश की समीक्षा करते हैं, जो चार हस्तप्रतों पर आधृत है, जिनमें दो ला. द. विद्यामन्दिर की हैं। समीक्षा का अधिकांश भाग उनके अपने सन्दिग्ध पाठों की सूची है, जिसमें कुमारपालप्रतिबोध और मूलशुद्धि के समानान्तर हैं। Bhayani reviews Ingeborg Hoffmann's edition and German translation of the Sanskrit Kathakosa, made from four manuscripts, two of them from the L. D. Institute. Most of the review is his own list of doubtful readings, with parallels from the Kumarapalapratibodha and Mulasuddhi.

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