The Clever Adulteress & Other Stories: A Treasury of Jain LiteraturePhyllis Emily Granoff |
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... appeared a girl who was as hard to look upon as the orb of the sun . But she too at once assumed her normal appearance when she got close to Devadinna . All of them as soon as they saw him fell deeply in love with him . The demi - god ...
... appeared a girl who was as hard to look upon as the orb of the sun . But she too at once assumed her normal appearance when she got close to Devadinna . All of them as soon as they saw him fell deeply in love with him . The demi - god ...
Page 228
... appeared all at once with a reddish lustre , as though it were painted by the leafy sprouts born of the earth of the forest on the slope of the western mountain , behind which it was setting . For a moment , the sun appeared to be ...
... appeared all at once with a reddish lustre , as though it were painted by the leafy sprouts born of the earth of the forest on the slope of the western mountain , behind which it was setting . For a moment , the sun appeared to be ...
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... appeared to be a collection of mountains roaming about and engaging in combat with their trees . Rutting elephants stood on all sides , cascading streams of juice from their temples onto the earth ; indeed the earth resembled a range of ...
... appeared to be a collection of mountains roaming about and engaging in combat with their trees . Rutting elephants stood on all sides , cascading streams of juice from their temples onto the earth ; indeed the earth resembled a range of ...
Contents
Stories from the Avasyaka commentaries Nalini Balbir | 17 |
Stories from the later didactic story collections | 75 |
Friedhelm Hardy | 118 |
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The Clever Adulteress and Other Stories: A Treasury of Jaina Literature Phyllis Granoff Limited preview - 1993 |
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