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this difficulty, therefore, it is supposed in an that the hero relates his story to his bosom friends in private.
(2) In an area verses in aaa or
(3) The word for every chapter of an
उच्छ्रास.
there is a sprinkling of some metre, suggesting coming events. ... is
(4) It is composed in Sanskrit.
(5) It is written in prose. A few verses, occasionally inserted, do not militate against the nature of an errearfare.
The notable instance of an आख्यायिका is हर्षचरित of बाणभट्ट. is written either in prose or verse and may be composed in Sanskrit or Prakrit, or any language. The hero in is of the type, noble-hearted and easy-going. The instance of a prose is the famous कादम्बरी of बाणभट्ट. लीलावती कथा is written in verse. When a short story is introduced in course of a big story, with the object of giving some moral to the readers, it is called an उपाख्यान. The same उपाख्यान when narrated by one person with an accompaniment of music and gestures is called an आख्यान. गोविन्दाख्यान is
an instance of an आख्यान.
When with the object of drawing some moral a story dealing with the lives of animals, birds or low persons is narrated, it is called a fa The famous book, पञ्चतन्त्र of विष्णुशर्मा, दामोदरगुप्त are instances of a निदर्शन.
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In a kind of a story there is a conversation between two persons who narrate the story through this conversation.
प्रेतभाषा is पैशाचिकी a Prakrit dialect.
kind of story.
and कुट्टिनीमत of
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