Poison-damsels
By: N[orman] M[osley]
Contributors: Somadeva Bhaṭṭa, 11th cent.
Series: Folklore of the world; Folklore of the world (New York)
Publisher: Arno Press
Published: 1980
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 319
Subjects: Folklore -- India; India -- Social life and customs
Notes: Bibliography: p. 299-300.
Reprint of the 1952 ed. published by C.J. Sawyer, London under title: Poison-damsels and other essays in folklore and anthropology.
Based on appendixes originally published in D. H. Tawney's translation of Kathāsaritsāgara.
Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Poison-damsels.; title: The tale of the two thieves.; title: Sacred prostitution.; title: The romance of betel-chewing.