Nágánanda, Or The Joy of the Snakeworld

Harsha

Translated by Palmer Boyd

7 chapters · about 79 min

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The opening

Prologue.

N-iNDf, OR OPENING BENEDICTION

“Of whom dost thou think, putting on a pretence of religious abstraction, yet opening for an instant thine eyes 1 See! saviour though thou art, thou dost not protect us, sick with the shafts of Love. Falsely art thou compassionate. Who is more cruel than thou 1 ”

May Buddha, the conqueror, who was thus jealously addressed by the nymphs of Mdra, protect you!

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About this edition

The words
Palmer Boyd's English translation, copied word for word.
Left out
  • Page numbers and running heads from the printed pages, in 61 places
  • A speck and Google's watermark on the scan's first pages (2 blocks)
  • The library's stamp on the advertisement page, read by the OCR as specks (5 blocks)
  • The title page and opening pages before chapter 1, in 2 places
  • The printer's imprint (“PRINTED BY BALLANTYNE AND COMPANY”) and Google's watermark (2 blocks)
  • Notes about a stage production
  • Google's watermark, read by the OCR in two pieces (2 blocks)
  • Google's watermark (98 blocks)
  • A speck (“•”) standing alone as a block (2 blocks)
  • The closing line of the prologue (“END OF PROLOGUE.”)
  • Other material that isn't the author's, in 2 places
  • The closing line of the act (“END OF SECOND ACT OF THE NAGANANDA.”)
  • The closing line of the act (“END OF THE THIKD ACT.”)
  • The closing line of the act (“END OF FIFTH AND LAST ACT.”)
  • Notes and pages added by translators, editors or publishers, in 10 places
  • The printer's colophon (“PRINTED BY BALLANTYNE AND COMPANY”)
  • Google's watermarks on the last pages (2 blocks)