𝐒𝐓. 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐍’𝐒 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐄𝐓, 𝐋𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐎𝐍
PREFACE
THESE STORIES FIRST APPEARED IN THE TIMES OF INDIA NEWSPAPER, AND MY ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ARE DUE TO THE EDITOR FOR HIS COURTESY IN PERMITTING THEIR PUBLICATION.
I HAVE TRANSLATED ALL OF THEM AS LITERALLY AS POSSIBLE FROM THE ORIGINAL MARATHI. BUT, OWING TO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MARATHI AND ENGLISH CANONS OF TASTE, I HAVE HAD IN A VERY FEW PLACES SLIGHTLY TO CHANGE THE SENSE. IN SOME PLACES, OWING TO THE OBSCURITY OF THE ORIGINAL TEXT, I HAVE HAD TO AMPLIFY THE TRANSLATION. IN OTHER PLACES I HAVE HAD TO CUT SHORT THE DESCRIPTIONS OF HINDU RITES AND CEREMONIES SO AS TO AVOID WEARYING THE ENGLISH READER.
IT MAY NOT BE OUT OF PLACE TO SAY JUST A WORD ABOUT THE INDIAN GODS MENTIONED IN THE STORIES. IT MUST BE REMEMBERED THAT THE MAIN HINDU GODS ARE THREE IN NUMBER. THEY ARE ALL SPRUNG FROM A COMMON ORIGIN, BRAHMA, BUT THEY ARE QUITE SEPARATE BEINGS. THEY DO NOT FORM A TRINITY, I.E. THREE IN ONE OR ONE IN THREE. AND EACH OF THEM HAS A WIFE AND A FAMILY. THE FOLLOWING GENEALOGICAL TREE WILL, I HOPE, HELP THE READER.THESE STORIES FIRST APPEARED IN THE TIMES OF INDIA NEWSPAPER, AND MY ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ARE DUE TO THE EDITOR FOR HIS COURTESY IN PERMITTING THEIR PUBLICATION.
I HAVE TRANSLATED ALL OF THEM AS LITERALLY AS POSSIBLE FROM THE ORIGINAL MARATHI. BUT, OWING TO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MARATHI AND ENGLISH CANONS OF TASTE, I HAVE HAD IN A VERY FEW PLACES SLIGHTLY TO CHANGE THE SENSE. IN SOME PLACES, OWING TO THE OBSCURITY OF THE ORIGINAL TEXT, I HAVE HAD TO AMPLIFY THE TRANSLATION. IN OTHER PLACES I HAVE HAD TO CUT SHORT THE DESCRIPTIONS OF HINDU RITES AND CEREMONIES SO AS TO AVOID WEARYING THE ENGLISH READER.
IT MAY NOT BE OUT OF PLACE TO SAY JUST A WORD ABOUT THE INDIAN GODS MENTIONED IN THE STORIES. IT MUST BE REMEMBERED THAT THE MAIN HINDU GODS ARE THREE IN NUMBER. THEY ARE ALL SPRUNG FROM A COMMON ORIGIN, BRAHMA, BUT THEY ARE QUITE SEPARATE BEINGS. THEY DO NOT FORM A TRINITY, I.E. THREE IN ONE OR ONE IN THREE. AND EACH OF THEM HAS A WIFE AND A FAMILY. THE FOLLOWING GENEALOGICAL TREE WILL, I HOPE, HELP THE READER
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