A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t3.137
A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t3.137
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v2.c19.s6.t3.137
The tales in this collection are not only classified and compiled on a definite plan, but they are also narrated after one stereotyped pattern. This conventionality goes so far that certain phrases and descriptions of situations occur again and again in exactly the same words.¹ Thus every narrative begins with the following words: