Published by Harvard University

1905

COPYRIGHT, 1905, BY HARVARD UNIVERSITY

TO MY FATHER

WILLIAM HENRY RYDER

CONTENTS

[NOTE BY THE EDITOR OF THE SERIES][ix]
[PREFACE BY THE TRANSLATOR][xi]
[INTRODUCTION]
[THE AUTHOR AND THE PLAY][xv]
[THE TRANSLATION][xxiii]
[AN OUTLINE OF THE PLOT][xxvi]
[DRAMATIS PERSONAE][xxx]
[TRANSLATION OF THE LITTLE CLAY CART]
[PROLOGUE][1]
ACT I.[THE GEMS ARE LEFT BEHIND][6]
ACT II.[THE SHAMPOOER WHO GAMBLED][27]
ACT III.[THE HOLE IN THE WALL][43]
ACT IV.[MADANIKĀ AND SHARVILAKA][57]
ACT V.[THE STORM][75]
ACT VI.[THE SWAPPING OF THE BULLOCK-CARTS][93]
ACT VII.[ARYAKA'S ESCAPE][105]
ACT VIII.[THE STRANGLING OF VASANTASENĀ][109]
ACT IX.[THE TRIAL][132]
ACT X.[THE END][153]
[EPILOGUE][176]
[DEPARTURES OF THE TRANSLATION FROM PARAB'S TEXT][177]