Author: Poile Sengupta
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 818475115X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 113
Book Description
A young girl’s father goes missing A strange old man insists on his storytelling An ancient throne reveals forgotten tales When Upa's father gets kidnapped from the tiny village where he was working, she and her mother move to her great-grandmother's house in a small town, to recover from the shock. There the dejected and worried mother and daughter are befriended by an odd-looking stranger who insists on telling them stories of King Vikramaditya and his long-lost throne. As Upa and her mother listen to these magical stories they begin to see the goodness in the people around them and recognize the relevance of the tales of King Vikramaditya in their lives today. Funny yet thought-provoking, Poile Sengupta's retelling of these ancient stories makes them come alive like never before.
Vikramaditya's Throne
Author: Poile Sengupta
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 818475115X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 113
Book Description
A young girl’s father goes missing A strange old man insists on his storytelling An ancient throne reveals forgotten tales When Upa's father gets kidnapped from the tiny village where he was working, she and her mother move to her great-grandmother's house in a small town, to recover from the shock. There the dejected and worried mother and daughter are befriended by an odd-looking stranger who insists on telling them stories of King Vikramaditya and his long-lost throne. As Upa and her mother listen to these magical stories they begin to see the goodness in the people around them and recognize the relevance of the tales of King Vikramaditya in their lives today. Funny yet thought-provoking, Poile Sengupta's retelling of these ancient stories makes them come alive like never before.
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 818475115X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 113
Book Description
A young girl’s father goes missing A strange old man insists on his storytelling An ancient throne reveals forgotten tales When Upa's father gets kidnapped from the tiny village where he was working, she and her mother move to her great-grandmother's house in a small town, to recover from the shock. There the dejected and worried mother and daughter are befriended by an odd-looking stranger who insists on telling them stories of King Vikramaditya and his long-lost throne. As Upa and her mother listen to these magical stories they begin to see the goodness in the people around them and recognize the relevance of the tales of King Vikramaditya in their lives today. Funny yet thought-provoking, Poile Sengupta's retelling of these ancient stories makes them come alive like never before.
The Great Throne of King Vikramaditya
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788172243036
Category : Tales
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788172243036
Category : Tales
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Simhasana Dvatrimsika
Author: A N D Haskar
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 9352141008
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
Classic tales of courage and compassion The fabled monarch Vikramaditya is considered a model of kingly virtues, and his reign a golden age. These famous stories narrated by the thirty-two statuettes of nymphs supporting the magic throne of Vikramaditya extol his courage, compassion and extraordinary magnanimity. They are set in a framework recounting the myths of his birth, accession, adventures and death in battle, after which the throne remained concealed till its discovery in a later age. A fascinating mix of marvellous happenings, proverbial wisdom and sage precepts, these popular tales are designed to entertain as well as instruct. Many have passed into folk literature. The original author of the Simhasana Dvatrimsika is unknown. The present text is dated to the thirteenth century AD. It exists in four main recensions, from which extracts have been compiled together for the first time, in this lively and faithful translation of this celebrated classic by a renowned Sanskritist
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 9352141008
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
Classic tales of courage and compassion The fabled monarch Vikramaditya is considered a model of kingly virtues, and his reign a golden age. These famous stories narrated by the thirty-two statuettes of nymphs supporting the magic throne of Vikramaditya extol his courage, compassion and extraordinary magnanimity. They are set in a framework recounting the myths of his birth, accession, adventures and death in battle, after which the throne remained concealed till its discovery in a later age. A fascinating mix of marvellous happenings, proverbial wisdom and sage precepts, these popular tales are designed to entertain as well as instruct. Many have passed into folk literature. The original author of the Simhasana Dvatrimsika is unknown. The present text is dated to the thirteenth century AD. It exists in four main recensions, from which extracts have been compiled together for the first time, in this lively and faithful translation of this celebrated classic by a renowned Sanskritist
Vikram and Vetal
Author: Poile Sengupta
Publisher: Penguin Books India
ISBN: 9780143334989
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Age old stories of Vikram and Vetal. The tales are retold in a short story/novel way.
Publisher: Penguin Books India
ISBN: 9780143334989
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Age old stories of Vikram and Vetal. The tales are retold in a short story/novel way.
Emperor Vikramaditya
Author: Adity Kay
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789350095676
Category : Historical fiction, Indic (English)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789350095676
Category : Historical fiction, Indic (English)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A Hindu Book of Tales
Author: Franklin Edgerton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Five and Twenty Tales of the Genie
Author: Sivadasa
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141907924
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
Half mythical, heroic and sagacious, the emperor Vikramaditya is widely regarded as India's greatest monarch. This collection of stories tells of the ruler's fabled encounter with a vetala, a genie who inhabits the body of a corpse. The emperor begs the spirit for his help against a mighty necromancer and is told in return twenty-four tales, each of which presents a situation he might face as a king and culminates in a riddle that he must solve. With each answer, Vikramaditya displays his deep wisdom, proving himself to be the ideal monarch and winning, in the twenty-fifth tale, the guidance he needs from the vetala to destroy his powerful enemy. Written down in medieval times but inspired by an oral tradition stretching back centuries, these wise and witty tales rank amongst the great masterpieces of Sanskrit literature.
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141907924
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
Half mythical, heroic and sagacious, the emperor Vikramaditya is widely regarded as India's greatest monarch. This collection of stories tells of the ruler's fabled encounter with a vetala, a genie who inhabits the body of a corpse. The emperor begs the spirit for his help against a mighty necromancer and is told in return twenty-four tales, each of which presents a situation he might face as a king and culminates in a riddle that he must solve. With each answer, Vikramaditya displays his deep wisdom, proving himself to be the ideal monarch and winning, in the twenty-fifth tale, the guidance he needs from the vetala to destroy his powerful enemy. Written down in medieval times but inspired by an oral tradition stretching back centuries, these wise and witty tales rank amongst the great masterpieces of Sanskrit literature.
Vikram and the Vampire
Author: Sir Richard Francis Burton
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN:
Category : Folk literature, Hindi
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN:
Category : Folk literature, Hindi
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Listen, O King!
Author: Sivadasa
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 9386057972
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
‘If you know the answer and do not respond, your head will shatter into pieces!’ In a land of glorious kings, bloodthirsty demons and talking spirits, was born the lore of Vikram and the Vetal. After a series of mysterious events, King Vikramaditya carries the vetal, a witty ghost, on a long journey through death's playground. The vetal narrates the most fascinating tales and asks the most puzzling riddles, leaving Vikram completely stumped. Deepa Agarwal's beautiful translation brings age-old wisdom alive through the vetal's wondrous stories that are bound to confound and captivate readers even today.
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 9386057972
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
‘If you know the answer and do not respond, your head will shatter into pieces!’ In a land of glorious kings, bloodthirsty demons and talking spirits, was born the lore of Vikram and the Vetal. After a series of mysterious events, King Vikramaditya carries the vetal, a witty ghost, on a long journey through death's playground. The vetal narrates the most fascinating tales and asks the most puzzling riddles, leaving Vikram completely stumped. Deepa Agarwal's beautiful translation brings age-old wisdom alive through the vetal's wondrous stories that are bound to confound and captivate readers even today.
The Niti and Vairagya Satakas of Bhartrhari
Author: Bhartrhari
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publishe
ISBN: 9788120806429
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Epigrams on conduct and renunciation.
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publishe
ISBN: 9788120806429
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Epigrams on conduct and renunciation.