Tales from India /

Tales from India /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Gray, J. E. B.
Uniform title:	India's tales and legends. Selections
Imprint:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
Description:	151 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Tales -- India. Legends -- India. Legends. Tales. India.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11463927

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Other authors / contributors:	Fowler, Rosamund.
ISBN:	0192751158 9780192751157
Notes:	Selection of tales originally published in: India's tales and legends, 1961. Translated from Sanskrit and Pali.
Summary:	"Beautifully told retellings of classic stories from India. Full of richness and warmth, these tales of tender love, great heroism, acts of sacrifice, foolishness and friendship come vividly to life. There is an epic battle in which monkeys and bears help rescue the beautiful princess Sita from evil demons and a simple fable about a jackal who tries to become king. This tapestry of stories is as colourful and diverse as India itself. Sources in selecting the stories have been Sanskrit and Pali, the classical languages of the Brahmans and the Buddhists. Many of these tales were current centuries before the Christian era and were given a sophisticated form by the storytellers of classical times." Publisher description.

Table of Contents:

King Great Virtue
Prince Wicked
Supparaka the mariner
Nasty rumour
An Indian love story
Mousey the merchant
Slip of the tongue
Mouse and his friends
Mongoose, the owl, the cat, and the mouse
Earthquake
Ramayana: The marriage of Rama and Sita
Banishment of Rama
Loss of Sita
Monkeys' search for Sita
Exploits of Ravana
Brahman and the goat
Indigo jackal
Noble Brahman's sacrifice
Fate of the vulture
Hare in the moon
Love at first sight
Foolish Brahman.