In:
Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Cambridge University Press (CUP), Vol. 49, No. 3 ( 1917-07), p. 429-467
Abstract:
An Act of Truth is a formal declaration of fact, accompanied by a command or resolution or prayer that the purpose of the agent shall be accomplished. For example, a hunter asks a sage how a certain nymph can be captured, and the sage replies: “Nymphs can be captured by the utterance of a truth; nor, under such circumstances, have they power to vanish from sight.” Accordingly the hunter says to the nymph he desires to capture: “You are the beautiful daughter of King Druma; if this be true, halt! you are bound fast! If it be true that you are the daughter of King Druma, and that you were reared by the king, move not a foot, O fair Mancharā!” By the utterance of this truth on the part of the hunter the nymph addressed is immediately bound fast, and is unable to vanish from sight; but all of her companions vanish into the air.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1356-1863
,
1474-0591
DOI:
10.1017/S0035869X00050528
Language:
English
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publication Date:
1917
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2052836-X
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2971643-3
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0
SSG:
6,24
SSG:
6,23
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