The Nasiketa Story

This Book Is The First Critical Edition Of A Comprehensive Sanskrit Version Of The Nasiketa Myth With A Full Translation Into English. The Text Is Composed Of Several Manuscripts Belonging To The Same Branch Of The Story Development And Is Compared To The Printed Sanskrit Version And To Some Others Still In Manuscript Form. The Introduction Presents A Short Analysis Of The Religious-Philosophic Ideas Conveyed By The Naciketa Story Throughout The Generations Based On The Author'S Ph.D. Dissertation It Divides The Naciketa Story Corpus Into Three Patterns And Leaves Extensive Scope For Further Research-Literary Religious Philosophic Etc.