A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t2.141

v2.c19.s3.t2.141

This is already a kind of ballad. And in the "Songs of the Elders" and the "Songs of the Lady Elders," especially in the latter, we find quite a number of real ballads with and without narrative stanzas. One of the longest of these ballads, which, at the same time, is extremely dramatic, is to be found among the "Songs of the Lady Elders" (Therīg. 312-337).