query

[Michael Brattus Jones]

Dear Professor Jha,

This piece, called "Poison Damsels", does treat of poison more  
generally than the literary motif indicated in the title. Written by  
N.M. Penzer, it's actually Appendix 3 to Volume 2 of N.M. Penzer's  
1924 re-presentation of C.H. Tawney's 1880 translation of the  
KathAsaritsAgara, entitled Ocean of Story. Penzer reworked Tawney's 2  
vol. translation into a 10 volume set with multiple indexes, story  
lists, folk-lore motif lists, and essays on miscellaneous topics.

I'm putting a pdf of "Poison Damsels" in the file-sharing website  
Dropbox - try this link and let me know if you can't access it. I'm  
afraid it's a large file and may open slowly. I believe I printed it  
into pdf from a larger file encompassing more (or all) of Volume 2  
from archive.org.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/27719917/Poison%20Damsel/Poison%20Damsels%20Penzer%20Ocean%20of%20Story%20Volume%202%20Appendix%203.pdf

Good luck,
Michael Brattus Jones
Ph.D. student, Department of Asian Studies
University of Texas in Austin

email: mbjones at utexas.edu

From: DN Jha <jdnarayan at GMAIL.COM>
To: INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk
Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2011 12:22 AM
Subject: [INDOLOGY] query

Dear List,
One of my former students is seeking bibliographic information on
poisons and their treatment in ancient India. Since I am familiar with  
literature on the subject I am giving below her request for help:
  "I am looking for material for a paper on poisons, anti-venom drugs  
and treatment in ancient India. I haven't come across too many  
secondary writings on this."
DNJ
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D N Jha
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University of Delhi
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