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Title: Nala and Damayanti and Other Poems

Author: Henry Hart Milman

Release Date: October 12, 2006 [EBook #19529]

Language: English

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Transcriber's note:

1. The spelling, accents, and diacritical marks of Sanskrit words is
not consistent through the book. The original spelling, accents, and
diacritical marks are retained.

2. The in-line notes refer to lines in the poems. These have been
converted to footnotes for easy reference. The information regarding
the line referred to is however retained.

NALA AND DAMAYANTI

AND OTHER POEMS

TRANSLATED FROM THE SANSCRIT INTO ENGLISH VERSE, WITH MYTHOLOGICAL
AND CRITICAL NOTES.

BY THE
REV. HENRY HART MILMAN, M. A.

PREBENDARY OF WESTMINSTER; MINISTER OF ST. MARGARET'S; AND LATE PROFESSOR
OF POETRY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD.

OXFORD: D. A. TALBOYS.
M DCCC XXXV

* * * * *

TO MY MOTHER,

TO WHOM THESE TRANSLATIONS HAVE AFFORDED
MUCH PLEASURE,

AND TO WHOM, AT HER ADVANCED AGE,
TO HAVE AFFORDED PLEASURE

IS THE MOST GRATIFYING REWARD OF LITERARY
LABOUR,

THIS VOLUME IS INSCRIBED,

BY HER AFFECTIONATE SON.

* * * * *

CONTENTS:

NALA AND DAMAYANTI
NOTES

THE DEATH OF YAJNADATTA
NOTES

THE BRAHMIN'S LAMENT
NOTES

THE DELUGE

THE DESCENT OF THE GANGES

* * * * *

PREFACE.

Those friends who have taken an interest in my literary productions
may feel some surprise at my appearance in the character of a