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Item Code: IDH057by George SmallPaperback (Edition: 2003)PILGRIMS FOLK TALES ISBN 8177691155 Size: 8.3" X 5.3" Pages: 152 |
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times since 2nd Oct, 2008Tales of mystic places and mysterious people pervade the pages of this book to fascinate, educate and fill our hearts with pleasurable emotions. Tales of princes and princesses, their clandestine lovers, tales of greed and jealousy are all eloquently told. Steeped in ancient history and culture they open up new vistas to brighten up this seemingly drab and dull world of ours. Many of these tales are simple and easily understood, whilst others are more sophisticated and carry a hidden and deeper message for the reader.
Taken originally from a Sanskrit collection this version of these particular tales was first translated and adapted in Persian and then re-translated into Hindustani. Their present form thus provides us with a great blend of many cultures and beliefs. All, however, help the reader understand and delight in one of the most fascinating of ancient civilizations.
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| DEDICATION | ix | |
| PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION | xi | |
| PREFACE | xiii | |
| Tale 1 | THE BIRTH OF MAIMUM, OF HIS MARRIAGE WITH KHOJISTA, AND OF KHOJISTA AND THE PRINCE FALLING IN LOVE WITH EACH OTHER | 1 |
| THE STORY OF FEROKH BEG AND HIS PARROT | 6 | |
| Tale 2 | THE FIDELITY OF A SENTINEL TOWARDS THE KING OF TABRISTAN WHO REWARDED BY MAKING HIM HIS HEIR-APPRENT | 11 |
| Tale 3 | A CARPENTER AND A GOLDSMITH HAVING UNITEDLY STOLEN SOME GOLDEN IMAGES FROM SOMEWHERE AND CONCEALED THEM IN A CERTAIN PLACE, FALL OUT WITH ONE ANOTHER | |
| Tale 4 | A YOUNG NOBLEMAN TESTS THE HONOUR AND CHASITY OF A SOLDIER'S WIFE, AND IS PUT TO SHAME | 22 |
| Tale 5 | A CARPENTER, A GOLDSMITH, A TAILOR AND A RECLUSE QUARREL WITH ONE ANOTHER ABOUT A WOODEN IMAGE, AND ARE ALL PUT TO SHAME | 29 |
| Tale 6 | ABOUT THE KING OF KINNAUJ AND HIS DAUGHTER-AND A FAKIR FALLING IN LOVE WITH HER | |
| Tale 7 | THE FOWLER, THE PARROT, AND THE YOUNG ONES | 37 |
| Tale 8 | THE MERCHANT'S WIFE WHO DECEIVED HER HUSBAND AND CAINED HER OBJECT | 40 |
| Tale 9 | THE VILLAGER'S WIFE WHO HAD AN AMOUR WITH ANOTHER MAN | 43 |
| Tale 10 | JACKAL TELLS A MERCHANTS DAUGHTER OF A STRATAGEM BY MEANS OF WHICH SHE PRESERVES HER CHARACTER | 47 |
| Tale 11 | THE BRAHMAN WHO GAVE WAY TO AVARICE AND WAS KILLED BY A TIGER | 51 |
| Tale 12 | THE CAT WHO KILLED THE MICE AND FELL INTO DISGRACE WITH THE OLD LION | 54 |
| Tale 13 | SHAPUR, CHIEF OF THE FROGS AND THE SNAKE | 57 |
| Tale 14 | THE LION WHOWAS DUSOISED IF GUS DEN BY A SIYAH GOSH, OR LYNX | 60 |
| Tale 15 | ZARIR, THE WEAVER, WHOM FORTUNE WOULD NOT BEFRIEND | 64 |
| Tale 16 | THE FOUR RICH PRESONS WHO BECAME POOR | 67 |
| Tale 17 | THE JACKAL THAT WAS MADE KING, AND THEN KILLED | 70 |
| Tale 18 | THE AMOUR OF A BASHIR WITH A WOMAN NAMED CHANDAR | 73 |
| Tale 19 | THE RIDING MARE THAT DIED IN CONSEQUENCE OF BEING KICKED BY A TRADESMAN'S HORSE | 78 |
| Tale 20 | THE WOMAN WHO ESCAPED OUT OF THE THE CLUTCHES OF A LION | 81 |
| Tale 21 | THE KING, THE PRINCE, THE FROG AND THE SNAKE | 83 |
| Tale 22 | THE MERCHANT'S DAUGHTER THAT WAS LOST | 87 |
| Tale 23 | BRHAMAN WHO WAS IN LOVE WITH RAY BABUL'S DAUGHTER | 91 |
| Tale 24 | THE SON OF RAY BABUL FALLS IN LOVE WITH A CERTAIN | 97 |
| Tale 25 | THE WOMAN WHO WENT TO THE MARKET TO PURCHASE SUGAR AND HAD AN INTRIGUE WITH A SHOPKEEPER THERE | 101 |
| Tale 26 | THE KING WHO DECLINED THE DAUGHTER OF A CERTAIN MERCHANT AND DIET OF GRIEF IN CONSEQUENCE | 104 |
| Tale 27 | THE POTTER WHOM THE KING TOOK INTO HIS SERVICE, AND SUBSEQUENT MADE COMMANDER OF THE FORCES | 110 |
| Tale 28 | THE TIGRESS WHICH REARED A YOUNG JACKAL ALONG WITH HER OWN WHELPS | 114 |
| Tale 29 | THE NOBLEMAN WHO CONCEALED A SNAKE IN HIS SLEEVE AND REPENTED OF HIS FOLLY | 117 |
| Tale 30 | THE SOLDIER AND THE GOLDSMITH, AND HOW THE LATTER WAS KILLED ON AN ACCOUNT OF HIS WEALTH | 121 |
| Tale 31 | THE MERCHANT AND THE BRAHMAN, AND OF THE BRAHMANS THAT WERE BEATEN BY A BARBER | 125 |
| Tale 32 | THE FROG, THE BEE AND CRANE, WHICH CONSORTING TOGETHER KILLED AN ELEPHANT | 130 |
| Tale 33 | THE KING OF CHINA, IN A DREAM, FALLS IN LOVE WITH A TURKISH PRINCESS, AND SUBSEQUENTLY MARRIES HER | 134 |
| Tale 34 | THE DONKEY AND THE NOBLE STAG, AND HOW THEY WERE BOTH CAUGHT | 140 |
| Tale 35 | A KING WHO FELL IN LOVE WITH THE PRINCESS OF TURKEY; AND THE FINALE END OF THE LEADING STORY | 144 |
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