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Malgudi Days is a collection of short stories by R. K. Narayan published in 1943 by Indian Thought Publications. [1] The book was republished outside India in 1982 by Penguin Classics. [2] The book includes 32 stories, all set in the fictional town of Malgudi, [3] located in South India. Each of the stories portrays a facet of life in Malgudi. [4]
Longmans. Published in English. 1907. Pages. 332 pages (paperback) ISBN. 81-85301-93-X. Cradle Tales of Hinduism (1907) is a collection of stories by Sister Nivedita. [1] It is an introduction to Hindu mythology; the stories come from the Mahabharata, the Ramayana and other Hindu sources and are presented as they were told in Indian nurseries.
Nachiketa. Nachiketa ( Sanskrit: नाचिकेत, romanized : Nāciketa ), also rendered Nachiketas and Nachiketan, is a character in Hindu literature. He is the son of the sage Vājashravas, or Uddalaki, in some traditions. He is the child protagonist of an ancient Indian dialogical narrative about the nature of the atman (soul).
Sudama bows at the glimpse of Krishna's golden palace in Dvaraka. ca 1775-1790 painting. Sudama ( Sanskrit: सुदामा, romanized : Sudāmā ), [2] also known as Kuchela ( Sanskrit: कुचेल, romanized : Kucela ), [3] is a childhood friend of the Hindu deity Krishna. The story of his visit to Dvaraka to meet his friend is ...
Panchatantra. stories. The Panchatantra is an ancient Sanskrit collection of stories, probably first composed around 300 CE (give or take a century or two), [1] though some of its component stories may be much older. The original text is not extant, but the work has been widely revised and translated such that there exist "over 200 versions in ...
Hitopadesha ( Sanskrit: हितोपदेशः, IAST: Hitopadeśa, "Beneficial Advice") is an Indian text in the Sanskrit language consisting of fables with both animal and human characters. It incorporates maxims, worldly wisdom and advice on political affairs in simple, elegant language, [2] : ix–xiv and the work has been widely ...
e. Svetaketu ( IAST: Śvetaketu ), also spelt Shvetaketu, was a sage and he is mentioned in the Chandogya Upanishad. He was the son of sage Uddalaka, whose real name was Aruni, and represents the quintessential seeker of knowledge. The Upanishads entail the journey of Svetaketu from ignorance to knowledge of the self and truth ( sat ).
Ajamila ( Sanskrit: अजामिल, IAST: Ajāmila) is the main character of a story in canto 6 of the Bhagavata Purana. [1] In Hinduism, the story of Ajamila is used to illustrate that by uttering God's divine name, there is hope for even the sinful to be redeemed from their propensity to commit sins. [2]