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Acknowledgments I would like to thank my friend, mentor, and colleague Dr. John Powers for the confidence and encouragement that he extended to me at the outset of this project and for his inspiration, guidance, and good humor, which have sustained me through it. My thanks are also due to Dr. Richard Barz, Dr. Adrian Burton, and Dr. Ian Proudfoot, for sharing with me their knowledge of Sanskrit, India, and literature. Dr. Virpi Hämeen-Anttila (University of Helsinki) and Professor Patrick Olivelle (University of Texas at Austin) provided invaluable guidance and incisive criticism during the formative stages of my research. I would also like to acknowledge the many years of friendship and support that I have received from three other generous mentors, Dr. Richard Stanley, Dr. Royce Wiles, and Dr. Primoz Pecenko. One of the most stimulating aspects of this project has been the interaction that I have enjoyed with my colleagues in the Faculty of Asian Studies at the Australian National University. In particular I would like to thank Dr. Julius Bautista, Daryono, Mark Emmanuel, Rob Hurle, Hamdan Juhannis, Mary Kilcline-Cody, Ros Matthews, John Monfries, and Jo Pickles for their companionship. I would especially like to thank my wife Janet for her unfailing support , and finally I would like to thank Eleanor, Annie, and Patrick for listening to all those Sanskrit stories. ix ...

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