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Sanskrit Drama, as Prin. J. T. Parikh has suggested. The relation of Manusmrti and MBh should be made more clear. The Nāga-element as reflected in the M8h (alongwith the Purāņas) should be studied more completely by setting it in its historical and cultural background from Vedic literature. Dange has studied the Nāgatheme in relation with the Garuda-legends. It can also be studied in relation to the gods Indra and Mahādeva. In fact, the whole of the Nāga-culture needs to be excavated from the mounds of oblivion. Similarly a study of RM vis-a-vis the Mundāculture holds the potentiality of throwing some useful light in the hitherto unknown corners. And, perhaps, a small study of the etymological stories of the two epics may also have its own usefulness.
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