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CONTENTS
NOTE BY THE EDITOR OF THE SERIES | ix | ||
PREFACE BY THE TRANSLATOR | xi | ||
INTRODUCTION | |||
THE AUTHOR AND THE PLAY | xv | ||
THE TRANSLATION | xxiii | ||
AN OUTLINE OF THE PLOT | xxvi | ||
DRAMATIS PERSONAE | xxx | ||
TRANSLATION OF THE LITTLE CLAY CART | |||
PROLOGUE | 1 | ||
ACT I. | THE GEMS ARE LEFT BEHIND | 6 | |
ACT II. | THE SHAMPOOER WHO GAMBLED | 27 | |
ACT III. | THE HOLE IN THE WALL | 43 | |
ACT IV. | MADANIKĀ AND SHARVILAKA | 57 | |
ACT V. | THE STORM | 75 | |
ACT VI. | THE SWAPPING OF THE BULLOCK-CARTS | 93 | |
ACT VII. | ARYAKA'S ESCAPE | 105 | |
ACT VIII. | THE STRANGLING OF VASANTASENĀ | 109 | |
ACT IX. | THE TRIAL | 132 | |
ACT X. | THE END | 153 | |
EPILOGUE | 176 | ||
DEPARTURES OF THE TRANSLATION FROM PARAB'S TEXT | 177 |