Classical E-text General Public License
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Classical E-text General Public License
Verse text Version 0.1, March 2000
Copyright (C) 2000, Jun TAKASHIMA
Research Institute for the Languages and
Cultures of Asia and Africa
Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
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