Kalidasa's Sakuntala : An Ancient Hindu Drama Critically edited, in the original Sanskrit and Prakrit of the Bengali Recension, by the Late Richard Pischel
by Kalidasa; edited by Richard Pischel, Carl Cappeller
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- Hardcover
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- Very Good- with no dust jacket
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Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1922. Second Edition. Hardcover. Scholarly pencil notes and marginalia, light tone, owner's signature, otherwise light wear. Solid oversize hardcover. ; Sanskrit and Bengali languages, with English preliminaries. Edition of 1000 copies. 1924 Epilogue sheet tipped in. Revision of Professor Pischel's 1877 First Edition, using the Prakrit grammar that appeared in 1900, then delayed by the subsequent death of Pischel, the blindness of Cappeller, and the book's sheets, printed in Germany, being held in Customs. The end result, this Second Edition, is a pioneering critical edition of Kalidasa's Sakuntala based on the Bengali Recension. ; Harvard Oriental Series; Vol. 16; xviii, 260, 16 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Mike's Library (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13059
- Title
- Kalidasa's Sakuntala : An Ancient Hindu Drama Critically edited, in the original Sanskrit and Prakrit of the Bengali Recension, by the Late Richard Pischel
- Author
- Kalidasa; edited by Richard Pischel, Carl Cappeller
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge MA
- Date Published
- 1922
- Keywords
- Hinduism, Hindu Culture, Hindu Drama, Sanskrit Literature
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