{"product_id":"9781462836888","title":"The Nâsiketa Story: Nâsiketopâkhyâna","description":"Summary  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eThis book is the first critical edition of a comprehensive Sanskrit version of the Na~siketa 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 versions and to some others, still in manuscript form.   \u003cbr\u003eThe 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.  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eInner Cover text  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eNaciketas, marble, 80x55x165.  \u003cbr\u003eDavid Booker, sculptor.  (Perugia, Italy).  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\"Naciketas is a sculpture form of two figures in the same block. Which figure is Naciketas?.... Naciketas hollow form gives the impression of movement and no movement in an empty space, a beginning and the end in one thing\".   \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Xlibris Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47155629195504,"sku":"9781462836888","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781462836888_p0.jpg?v=1763679188","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781462836888","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}