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“Philology and Criticism has been much needed in Mahābhārata studies for the past half-century. Adluri and Bagchee describe how the critical edition’s evidence does not support theories of a prior oral epic or ‘layering’ in the text. Brilliant and persuasive!”

—Bruce M. Sullivan, Professor of Comparative Study of Religions, Northern Arizona University, USA

“In their effort to reject current accounts of the Mahābhārata’s textual history, Adluri and Bagchee introduce several nuanced and updated notions from neo-Lachmannism into the field of Sanskrit textual criticism. I cannot help being delighted at this empirical confirmation of Giorgio Pasquali’s claim that the original of, say, a Chinese or Bantu text cannot be reconstructed unless one follows certain general rules, albeit adapted to the variability and specific requirements of particular texts.”

—Paolo Trovato, Professor of History of the Italian Language, University of Ferrara, Italy

“Philology and Criticism is an essential reference work. It is the first work to explain what the critical edition is. Adluri and Bagchee's clarification of the critical edition's overarching project is brilliant and makes a lasting contribution to the field.”

—Alf Hiltebeitel, Professor of Religion, History, and Human Sciences, George Washington University, USA