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# A History of Sanskrit Literature c19.s5.3

A History of Sanskrit Literature c19.s5.3

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### [c19.s5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.keith-1920.c19.s5.3)

Somadeva sets out by telling his purpose, and one stanza of his has caused trouble, evoking different renderings from Hall, Lévi, Tawney, Speyer, and Lacôte:

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