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9a. Edited by K. K. Shastri, Gujarat Vernacular Society Samsodhan Granthmālā, No. 5, 1945.
10. Ed. A.S. Patel, Bharatiya Vidya Research Series, No, 20, 1962, pp. 98-112.
11. The Folklore of Gujarat, (=Gujrāt tathā Kāṭhiāvād Deś-ni Vārṭā),
ed. F. B., Second Series, 1874: reprinted 1928; the story referred to here appears on pp. 41-104. In modern Gujarati children's story books a similar story is frequently published but quite likely it is influenced by Western versions.
12. The Hamsauli and Vetāla-pacisi versions appear to be representative of Modern Indian regional versions of the Magic Bird-Heart as is shown by their very close likeness to the Bengali version, as reported in the story of Swet-Basanta, which too is blended with the Dragon-killer. See e.g. Folktales of Bengal by L. B. Day, 1912, pp. 89-103.
It should be noted that none of the Indian versions has the bird-heart as the magic limb. It is either the whole bird or flesh from particular parts.
13. Vaidya, B. I., Rās Sahitya (in Gujarati), 1966;
M. D. Deshai, Jain Gurjar Kavio, I, II, III, 1926-1944. 14. See H. C. Bhayani, Lok-kathānāṁ Mūl ane Kul (in Gujarati), 1990, pp. 58-61.
