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I read William Buck's Mahabharata and Ramayana ages ago, and recall that he

said in the introductions that he did not know Sanskrit, but worked by

cannibalizing and regurgitating mainly the Roy Bharata and Sastri Ramayana.

I have heard his versions abominated by sanskritists, so I am surprised to

find that Wendy Doniger in her Origins of Evil in Hindu Mythology cites him

several times with respect. Is there a substantial number of sanskritists

who think that he had something original to contribute despite his scholarly

limitations?

 

P. Ernest

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