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This is a beautiful edition of a beautiful work. After a short, informative introduction and a detailed summary of the plot (necessary because of the work’s ornate narrative structure), the reader discovers a magnificent bilingual edition. Printed on the left page in a clear and elegant Devanāgarī font is the first critical edition of the Kuṭṭanīmatam , and an excellent edition it is. It is based on newly discovered manuscripts and allows many improvements vis-à-vis earlier printed editions (all the variants are recorded at the bottom of the page in a highly reader-friendly manner). On the right is the first English translation of Dāmodaragupta’s work, accompanied by occasional subtitles that help the reader navigate the many speakers and events. Topping off the folio-size volume are concise, useful annotations, a solid bibliography, and a handy glossary of proper names. All in all, this edition has the potential finally to liberate the Kuṭṭanīmatam from the silly disrepute it enjoys among modern scholars, as discussed in the introduction (pp. 26–28). Those already familiar with snippets from Dāmodaragupta’s work can now examine it in all its genius, and those not yet acquainted with it are offered a pleasant introduction. Csaba Dezső and
Indo-Iranian Journal – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 2015
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