kavyamimamsa of Rajasekhar Motilal Banarsidass Publishing House I soon found that such

I soon found that such a continuous rendering provided far simpler means of explaining and justifying my interpretation of the text than elaborate exegetical notes on all difficult or doubtful passages

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