Tales from India

by Gray, J. E. B.; Fowler, Rosamund

• ISBN13: 9780192751157
• ISBN10: 0192751158
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-03-22
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

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 existed centuries before the Christian era and were given a sophisticated form by the storytellers of classical times. (reissue of Indian Tales and Legends , ISBN 0-19-274138-1)

Table of Contents

King Great Virtue	1	(8)
Prince Wicked	9	(6)
Supparaka the Mariner	15	(7)
A Nasty Rumour	22	(3)
An Indian Love Story	25	(3)
Mousey the Merchant	28	(3)
A Slip of the Tongue	31	(5)
The Mouse and his Friends	36	(7)
The Mongoose, the Owl, the Cat, and the Mouse	43	(3)
The Earthquake	46	(80)
The Ramayana:
The Marriage of Rama and Sita	50	(8)
The Banishment of Rama	58	(13)
The Loss of Sita	71	(11)
The Monkeys' Search for Sita	82	(8)
The Exploits of Hanuman	90	(11)
Rama's Conquest of Ravana	101	(25)
The Brahman and the Goat	126	(2)
The Indigo Jackal	128	(2)
A Noble Brahman's Sacrifice	130	(8)
The Fate of the Vulture	138	(3)
The Hare in the Moon	141	(2)
Love at First Sight	143	(7)
The Foolish Brahman	150