The Nasiketa Story

Nevo, Amos [Hrsg. u. Übers.]:
The Nāsiketa story : (Nāsiketopākhyāna) / ed. and transl. by Amos Nevo. - Delhi : Motilal Banarsidass, 2010. - xxiii, 322 S.
Hochschulschrift. Teilw. zugl.: Jerusalem, Hebrew University, Diss., 2003 unter dem Titel: הנער והמוות : נצ'יקטס בספרות ההודית בסנסקריט (The boy who returned from death) [WorldCat]
ISBN 81-208-3483-6 / 978-81-208-3483-5
Rs. 595,00
US$ 14,17 (Motilal Banarsidass)
US-amerikanische Ausgabe: Bloomington, IN : Xlibris Corporation, 2009. - ISBN 978-1-4257-4056-6 (Hardback) US$ 29,69; ISBN 978-1-4257-4055-9 (Paperback), US$ 19,54
DDC: 294.59

Beschreibung
This book is the first critical edition of a comprehensive Sanskrit version of the Nasiketa myth, with a full translation into English. The text is composed of several manuscripts belonging to the same branch of the story development, and is compared to the printed Sanskrit versions and to some others, still in manuscript form.
   The introduction presents a short analysis of the religious-philosophic ideas conveyed by the Naciketa story throughout the generations, based on the author's Ph.D. dissertation. It divides the Naciketa story corpus into three patterns, and leaves extensive scope for further research-literary, religious, philosophic, etc. [Verlagsinformation]

Herausgeber u. Übersetzer
AMOS NEVO (*1939) was born in Israel and lives in the capital, Jerusalem. He graduated from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Middle Eastern Studies and in Philosophy of Education. He served for thirty years as supervisor at the Israeli Ministry of Education, both in the Arab and in the Hebrew sectors. His first encounter with the Naciketa story was in the early 60s at the Hebrew University. He later wrote a Master's thesis on the educational implications of Kaṭha Upanishad. His main field of interest is the Advaita Vedānta school of Hindu philosophy.

Quellen: Motilal Banarsidass; Xlibris Corp.