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CONTENTS
 
PREFATORY NOTE BY THE EDITOR OF THE SERIES.
PREFACE
 
BIBLIOGRAPHY
 
CONSPECTUS OF EDITIONS OF TEXTS CITED..
 
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS...
 
GENERAL INTRODUCTION CONCERNING THE SANSKRIT POET
 
MAYURA
 
Foreword
 
The date of Mayūra.
Life of Mayūra...
 
Early life and occupation..
 
Mayūra is summoned to the court of Harsa.
Mayūra is victor in a poetical contest at Benares..
Mayūra gains fame at court.....
 
Rivalry between Mayūra and Bāṇa.
 
Mayura defeated in philosophical controversy.
 
The Jaina tale about Mayūra and Bāṇa.
 
The date of Manatunga...
 
The Jaina tale first found in the Prabhāvakacaritra
The four versions of the Jaina tale.....
 
The Jaina tale as told by an anonymous com-
mentator
 
.....
 
Variations from the Jaina tale as narrated by the
 
anonymous commentator..
 
The Jaina tale as given in the Prabandhacintāmaṇi
of Merutunga.
 
Allusion to the Jaina tale in the Kāvyaprakāśa..
Allusion to the Jaina tale in the Sudhāsāgara..
Allusion to the Jaina tale in Jagannatha's com-
mentary on the Süryaśataka of Mayūra..
 
Comments on the Jaina tale..
 
Origin of the tale.
 
The legend of Samba..
 
What was the leprosy of Mayura?.
 
The real reason for the composition of the Sürya-
śataka
 
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