A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t3.173
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¹ Richard *Wagner* became acquainted with this legend by means of *Burnouf's* translation (Introduction, p. 205 ff.) and based the outline of his "Sieger" upon it. *Cf.* the sketch in Richard Wagner, Nachgelassene Schriften und Dichtungen, Leipzig, 1895, p. 161 f. How keen Wagner was to put Ānanda and Prakṛti on the stage, is shown by his letters to Matilde Wesendonk (21st edit., Berlin, 1904, p. 59 ff., 98, 197 and 242). As is well known, the "Sieger" finally became "Parsifal."