A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.447

c5.447

DASA-KUMĀRA-CHARITA. ‘Tales of the ten princes,’ by *Srī Dandī*. It is one of the few Sanskrit works written in prose, but its style is so studied and elaborate that it is classed as a Kāvya or poem. The tales are stories of common life, and display a low condition of morals and a corrupt state of society. The text has been printed with a long analytical introduction by H. H. Wilson, and again in Bombay by Bühler. There is an abridged translation by Jacobs, also a translation in French by Fauche, and a longer analysis in vol. iv. of Wilson’s works.