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K. R. Norman
(g) Each version adds a conclusion. The Ja adds verses in tr. metre dealing only with the townspeople and the queen, since the prose can tell the rest of the story. The Utt version adds verses in sl. metre dealing with all six participants. Both versions tell of the queen going forth, but the details may be of independent origin, since her action follows naturally after the king's, and is a parallel to that of the purohita's wife.
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