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Edwin Arnold’s translation of the Hitopadeśa
Get PDFThe present paper explores in considerable detail the approach of Edwin Arnold to his translation of the Hitopadeśa. Having contextualised the Hitopadeśa in Sanskrit literature, the paper explores the way in which Arnold adapts the text as he translates it. The paper argues that Arnold’s book, like those of Kipling later in the century, served not only to bridge the cultural divide between India and what he refers to as ‘England’, but also to bridge the divide within British society between those who knew India and those who did not
Hindus: their religious beliefs and practices. By Julius Lipner. (Library of Religious Beliefs and Practices.) pp. xiii, 375. London and New York, Routledge, 1994. £45.00.
No full textSouth Asia - Geoffrey A. Oddie (ed.): Religious traditions in South Asia: interaction and change. (Religion and Society in South Asia Series.) v, 151 pp. Richmond, Surrey: Curzon, 1998. £40.
No full textCollected papers. By John Brough. Edited by Minoru Hara and J. C. Wright, pp. xxii, 533. London, School of Oriental and African Studies, 1996. £25.00.
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Elaborations on Emptiness: Uses of the Heart Sūtra. By Donald S. Lopez, Jr. pp. xii, 264. Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1996.
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