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iIIlnlrations
Editor
Yagya Shormo
Dilip Kadam
Anont Poi
Cov....- ;'rnlrolior1 by: Prolop Mulick
Amar Chitra Kath a Pvt Ltd () Am~' Chi"~ K~l h~ PvC lid, 1979, Rep rinled June 2009, ISIIN 81·6482·0S7. 7 Pul.>li.h~..J" f"imt"d by Am .. , Chilr a Kalh~ Pvt. lid., I~ Ma rthand~, 41h floor, M Or. A""ie IlMant Ro;w:l, Muml»i 400 OIS. IMi~
KALIDASA
KALlPASIIrONE OF7HE POETS THE WORl£> HAS EVER. KNOWN, WAS PENIEP THE ClASSICAL SIINSKRIT EDUCATION VSVALLY GIVEN TO BRAHMAN BOYS. HE LOST HIS P"IRENTS WHEN HE _S BAREL 'I FIVE 'IEARS OLl> ANO W-"S BROUGHT VP 8Y A KINO-HEflR;TEl> Bo/ VNLETTEREO COWHERO. KflLlP-"SA HELPE£> HIS FOSTER-FATHER. BY· LOOKIN(i AFTER HIS CATTLE •
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1 :~;:'7~ON~APIET OFMllK,ClIl!l>S.'INO
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KALlP-"SII GREW INTO fl IWt'LL.-BlIll.7 HAN£>SOME YOUTH. 8l1T HE
~~~~W-"S k WAS TO BE FOUND AT THE ~;:;'M~r.~'EMPLE OEI/ICI9TED TO /(,IU./ .
NOW I T SO HAPPENEO THAT THE KING OF VARIINIIs/ HIIO A 8EIIl/TIFlIL ANO TALENTEO PAl/IPfl"ER . I AM WORRIED THERE.'e. ABOUT VA5ANTI. WH~E VARARUCHI, OF CAN WE FIND A MAN COUR5E • HE's WHO 15 HER EQUAL IN SUITA5LE, ACCOMPLISHMENT 1 THIN~ •
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?
WE CAN AT
TRUE A GREAT SCHOLAR, BUT VA5ANTI 15 HARD TO Pl.EASE AND 1 WONDER ...
YOU XNOW OF ANYONE wHn, ME DEBATE ON THE FIND ME MAN I ONL"f HE CAN TO WIN ME.
LEAST SUGGEST IT TO HER. LET '5 5EE HOW 5HE
CAN
HE 15 VERY LEARNED AND HE MAY DEFE,n. ME. I CAN'T LET THAT HAPPEN .
ON TlfE. IIPPOINTEe> e>IIYI'LL PLA'I A TRICK ON HIM.
SHALL 6E.A MUTE. DE;8ATE .1 WILL ASK QUESTIONS ONL'f THROUGH GESTURES AND 'IOU MUST ANSWER THEM.
WHAT,IN THE; NAME OF GOD. DOE5 THAT MEAN!
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,-'YHIIT AN IN &ULT ! SUT HOW CAN I TAKE REVENGE ON THE KING's DAUGHTER?
.MIND
'1OUR OWN BU&IHE55!
• . • I WANT TO AE>K '{OU A QUEE>TION.
&lR,OH J SIR! PLEA!>E WAIT •••
BUT I PIP NOT KNOW. '{OU MU5T SE A GREAT A!>TROLOGER .
I AM NOT AN A5TROLOGER.
YES> , YES> , YOU ARE I
EP
'{ou PREDiICT·1
M,{
FALL FRCMI
THE TREE!
PlEA5E, 51R, . HAVE PI"T'f ON ME. I WAHT TO KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE HOLD€> FOR ME.
THE ~1J1ru"E."1 MA'1"E. '1QU'LL MARR'1 A . ,P~"NCE55
!
DID 'fOU SA'f "A PRINCES5"? BUT THERE ARE NO PRINCEE>5EEo HERE!
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A PRINCE:;5 ? OF
COUR€>E, 1',.\ THINKING OF PRINCE55 \lA5ANTI I COULD U5E THIEo DOOR ro PAY HeR MCK WITH A TRICK OF M'1 OWN!
Jtl5T DO AEo I M'f - AND THE
PReDICTION WILL. COME TRUe!
I",'!I:> IO ,U'
TOOK KALiPAM IiIS ffO(.IS£ JtlAI:>E IiIJtl CHANGE INTO mE ATTIRE SCHOLAR.
AH! NOW vau LOOK LIKE A PIINt>IT. IlE II GREAT !;,.cel;SS AT THE
VIlRARtlClfI IlNP KAL/PAM MAPE TlfEl1i! WilY TO TlfE
NOW, DON 'T FORGET - WHEN '{au SEE T HE KING, SHOWER FLOWERS ON HIM WHILE UTTERING
I
PALACE! HERE ,
HOLt> THis OF
THE BLEe.5ING J
'OM SWASTI '.
I'LL DO
EXACTL'I ASVOU SA'{.
TIiE PI'IUICE -
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,
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'MUST FLOWER!; ON THE \ KING ; THEN , , I MUST 5AY •.•
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-
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OF MIND~ VARARUCHI SAVED THE SITUATION .
NO, NlAHARAJ, HE HAS COINED A SPECIAL 8LE551NG
FOR 'IOU.
BY COMBINING THESE HE HAS COINED A WORD OF BLES"'ING ! I AM HONOURED TO MEET 5UCH A
MAHAAAJ, MAY I PRE.SENT I AM GLAD TO TO YOU PANI7IT KAlIDA5A ~ SOMEONE BRAVE HE HAS COME. HERE TO ENOUGH TO DO ACCEPT PRINcess j==!==~"- THAT! VA5AHTI'5 CHALLENGE..
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HE 15 PREPARED TO DEBATE WITH THE BUT ON CONDITION i HE., LIKE HER, WILL NOT SPEAK.
SE: CAREFUL,
KALI DASA . I.fOU i A1,MC)5T RUINED EVERYTHING 6Y IU"Ll,IINOI THE KING A CAMEI:";:C;:
THAT'& FAIR ENOUGH . A DATE SHALL !!oE 55,. FOR A DEBATE ON THE 5CI.IP'rU~'E5
NOW. DO WHAT "IOU LIKE \ WITH YOUR HANDS, BUT \ I DON' T OPEN YOUR MOUTH . \ OR YOU'LL LOSE YOUR CHANCE OF MARRVING
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I
THe MUTE OEBIlTE BEG/IN. VrJSANTI . RAISEO ONE FINGER .JUST /Is SHE H/iO .
I:~O~O~M:E~"~II~R~LI~E.~R~jM~'~THW;V.~~iRII ~Rt/o~t:~H.~'~'~c:~% WHAT A HANDWME MAN !
/===-1 B~T
THE PRINCE55 • ___ -1'I..~""'..."""'" __
WILL HE OOE55 MV 51GN MEAN5 1& THE OHL'f
TRUe: AND ETERNA._L BEING?
811T POOR k//1I0//5/i IINOER STOOO scmETHING QUITE OIFFERENT. OH, SO YOU WANT TO POKE OUT ONE OF MY EYES!
WELL, I WIL L POKE OUT BPTH O F
'Y lURe!
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IF
HE. l.4NDE.R5TAND& ME! HI~ AI"I5WER 15 CORRECT.
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WHAT HE 51\"15 15 THAT J (SIOSI[>E5 GOD, THE INDIVIDUAL SELF IS AL50 A TRUE AND ETEI
50,NOW,{OU WANT TO SLAP ME! WELL ···
SLAP ME,
~OX [~~~ YOU! ~
I Will
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AH, THE PERFECT At-t&We.R! THOUGH THE PH'f5ICAL. ~'===I EL.EMENTS ARE FIVE , THE.V
OHE IN THE. !==;=:======I.:BECOME HUMAN &OI7V.
THE FOOL SUCCEEDED. WHERE
I, FAILED FOR Al.L M"I PL':::~~~~~5~l.I~E I . THE AN.,. FOOLISH IMIDE.N, HAS FALLE:H FOR HIS,
TRUL'f, M'" HU~BAND LIVES All&TEREL.,.. aUT I DON'T M IND · HIS LEARNING WILL MAKE HIM A LIVELY COMPANION ...•
VIlSllNT/
REM~M8EREO
THIlT IrAUOl'l6ll
HAO CALLEO HER F'ATHEIi! If CAMEL-
WHAT ANIMAL Ie THA,?
VEcz"
VE~
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WHY AI<E YOU FUM&LING &0 MUCH OVEI< A 51MPlE 5AI-<5-
Uo;,H , .. U5H. · ·
TI
KRIT WORD?
5AN5KI
VIl5llNT/ 10'1'15 SHOCKEO.
MeVER STUDIED
5AN5KR/T!
AREN'T YOU A 5CHOlA"'?
~_ _ _ _-'U:::""'~;;..:'·............ .........§-:;;iC=--:-7Pl:e;;~~DONo;;;;;'Tre&;r:c,-l AHGRY. I WilL \oYORK . HARD TO PlEA5E 'fOU. I WILL 6RIHG FRE&H MI~K FOR 'tOU EVER'{ MORNING.
50 YARARUCHI PlA'fED A TRICK ON ME! &UT I SHALL NOT ACCEPT AN IDIOT A& M'f HU!!>BAND.
AWA'f ! ONLV A GREAT SCHOLAR CAN BE A FIT HU&BAND FOR ME-AND 'lOU ARE OH~'f A CCL/NT'''' eUMPKIN!
WH't WA5 I SO HAR5H~ I DID NOT E)C.peCT HIM TO lAKE ME. AT MY
WORD··· ·
/(FI/./OASA WAS OEEPl't I1t{NI/lIA7EO BY
VASANT/'S WOROS .
AH, THERE'S. THE TeMPLE OF MOTliER KALI. I'LL A~K HER TO "'!>ANT ME KHOWl.EDGE.
I1E 5TAYEO TIfERE FOR MANY WITHOUT POOP GR OIl/N/(.
DON'T DO IT, SON ! I AM PLEA5ED WITH 'fOU . I GRANT 'fOUR WI5H. 'IOU 5HALL BE ENDOWED WITH GENIUS.
1511'K:E 'fOU WILL NOT GRANT M'I WI&H.O MOTHER, I &HALL &ACRIFICE AT
THE. ,{OUNe MAN WAS EO 6Y {)EVOTION ANO eRATITUOE.. HE. RETURNEO HOMEE WITH HAPPINESS. r-
~G~W~IM~/~N~e~=h;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~!::~~
'fEe,. B'f THE GRACE OF MOTHER KALI. I HAVE LEARNT _:...... 5AN5KRIT .
". HA<:> 'fOUR 5PEECH IMPROVED?
AND SINCE IT WA5 'IOU WHO INSPIRED ME TO GAIN KNOWLED6E~1 SHALL BEGI N i HREE OF M"f WORkS W IT H EACH ONE OF THE. WO RDS. '-IOU JUST UTTERA5 A TOKEN OF MY G RAT ITUDE .
'{OU DON'T HAVE -",,.../ TO BE GRATEFU L TO ME • I AM "fOUR WIFE.
•.. BUT SINCE '100 SE.T ME ON THE PATH OF KNOWLEDG E , "IOU HAVE. BECOME
M'I GURU.
"fOUR END AT THE _,::;;:,HANDS OF A WOMAN!
-.-.-..-- .::.....::....... - -- -" . ~-
liFTER THIS K~LlO/lS/i LEO THE LIFE OF A WriNPER.ER..Sl/Rll.O
EVERYWHERE
CLOUDS CLASH AND THUNDER RESOUNDS LIKE
THE BEAT OF DRUNIG. INDRA'6 COLOURFUL SOW GLITTe.~S ACR056 THE. SKv WHILE THE LIGHTNING ~:VE5 FOR A STRING.
SPRING CARESSES THE WATER.& OF THE POOLS , AND COAXES THE LILY- SUDS "TO EMERGE UNSC.ATIH "'D. I
CAN ANYONE CCW\P05E
A VERSE ENDING WITH .. TAATA.M, TATAM , TAM, TATATAM , TATAM .
rUL THE St:J-fOUIRS PR ESENT I'9T WERE PERPL E XEO. WHO CAN COMPOSE. A POEM WITH MEANIN~ LE SS WORD&?
TH" STAIRS TO MEET KING
BHOJA .• -
• .• THE GOLDEN BOWL OF 5ANDALPA5TE FELL FROM "n'~~ HAND", .• •
KfUtOASA NOW FELT INSPIREO TO WRITE A PLIIY,8ASEO ON HIS
EXPERIENCE OF COtIRT LIFE. . I'LL WRITE. A&OUT A K1NG'5 lOVE. A BEAUTIFUL MAIDEN.
MAKING iHE &C)UND t TAATAM, TATAM, TAM,
iATATAM, TATAMI TAH.
BUT I WONDER IF A NEWCOMER'S WORK W ILL 6E
ACCEPTED.
'IOU ARE A GENI~S, KALIDA5A!
KALIDA SA'S FIRST PLAY CIILLEO -MIILIIVlKII-IIGNIMITRII THE PROLO(j/.JE
E~~~~~~!~~I
HIS OES/RE TO BE
ED AS Ii PLAY WRI(;HT.
o
I ==J/::;;~~~ WI5E MAN i= FORM", HI5 OWN OPIN ION AFTER HE €tTUDIES THE WORK;
ONL'I THE FOOL ACC.EPTS THE OPINION OF OTHER.S!'
. , l
THE. PLAY WAS VERY WELL-RECEIIIEO. HIS NEXT POlY, "SHAICUN7AlA; WAS EVEN MORE Sf.lCCES$FI..IL . TIfE STORY OF THE LOII/~ WIFE DESERTEO BY THE RIGHTEOUS KIN6 MOVEO THE TO TEARS. HUSBAND HAS POWER FOR GOOD OR ILL OVER A WOMAN'S LIFE.
k/iL/OASII ALSO WROTE THE
I'VE &EN OE&ERTED BY THE KING. DO YOU ALSO FORSAKE M.' . ,-
II~:~~A~';/(~"~"'~~AR/jS/jM8t1AVA; , ~RAGHUVAMSH,A
FINO "RIT(./ SlfMHARA':. WHICH CtREATL Y 1I00EO TO ItIS FAME.
~
7HOU6H XING 8HO.JA VALUEI.' HAUOASA'S FRIENOSIiIP, THEY IiAO A MISliNOERO/)'ER A SA1A/.l ISSUE. ..,.,,,,r-rrTTTT"Tlr---r YOU ARE: A GREAT AND NOBLE KING, 6UT THE PRAI5E OF MORTAL5 1& NOT THE AIM OF
KALIDA5A. WHY DO YOU REFU5E
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TO WRITE A POEM IN PRAiSE OF ,.. 'fOUR KING?
.. '10L1 5TA'1 IN M'1 COURT AND '1ET YOU WON'T PRAI6E. ME. AS OTHER POET& DO . 15H'T THAT SURPRI61NG ?
A LONG TIME PASSE£). kING BI'fOdl'1
BECAME WlM'RIE£). I Ml55 MV FRIEND. I MUST FIND HIM.
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THE KING'S MEN 5EARCHEO FOR ML/INiSll IN VAIN. BUT kIN(; 8HOdA WOlIlO NOT GIVE UP.
I "THINK I KNOW TO FIND
KALlDA5A.
..
THE NEXT PAY IN THE COURT-
THE KING CALlEO HIS PANP/TS.
AN'fONE WHO COMPOSES A NEW POEM WILL 6E AWARDED A lAKH OF GOLD COIN€). THE. POEM Mt..I&T BE. ENTJREL't' NE.W.
~
A1EETIN6
ALL POEMS
_T~/l,,,.lEK&l\lIDA5A
(,.~
WITH HI€) .
MANY POETS RECITEO THEIR VERSES-
THAT'S NOTA NEW POEM!
I HAVE
50
HEARD THIS
HAVE I !!
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~~O:H~E;&~E~F;O~RE~'::;;~: ~
THE NEWS OF THE AWI1RP REACHEP I(AL/0I15A. HE l./NOERSTOOO THE PlAN /IT ONCE ANP FELT SORRY FOR THE POOR POETS.
HE CAllEO.q IIILLIf6E~ WHO WflS P19S5/N6 BY HIS IfllT.
6UT I AM NEITHER A POET NOR A SC.HOLAR!
7H~ YlLLI96E~ WENT n:> THE MLACE AND REflO OllT THE POEM ..,~==
'tOU WANT THE MONEY, DON'T YOU? THEN DO AS I SAY•• NO HARM WILL COME 10 YOU.
WEffE SHOCKE/? SUREL't "IOU
GOL.D COINS DID YOUR FATt1ER ONCE BORROW FROM ME . 15N~T IT TIME NOW, o KING &HaJA I TO RETURN THE
MONEVf
t:::::;;~::;l HAVE HEARD MV POEM BEFORE
r
IF WE SA"'I ''iE5'
AHD IF WE
WILL IH~IVE KING TO PAY HIM r=:=;~~==~~~~=i _5A'I · NO·?~•_.c.==-~;;;==;:-:~-:--=--:_:::;I NINETV - ONE
THEN THIS WILL
8E GO'"5IDE~
OF
COINS.
ED A NEW
POEM.
"'fOUR 5CHOlARS ~:::::::::::1 HEARD "THIS BEFORE, THEN
~
TREAT IT A5 A NEW POEM At-ID qRANT ME YOUR AWARD OF ONE. lAKH GOLD COIN€..
ER. ·· YES, POEM 15
r'~~~A~N~EW ONE.THE
I
AWARD 15 :~~~~
MAHARAJ.
'tOU MA'-/ KEEP
1l1E MONEV. BUT .,.ELL ME "THE TRUTH. IF YOU LlE I 'fOU WilL Sf PUNISHED.
COULD ONL,{ BE KAllDA&A 1 WHERE 1& VOOR I PID NOT WRITE IT • A 5(HOlAR IN M'! VILLAGE
IT.
VILLAGE,? I WANT
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TO MEET THI& SCHOLAR.
BUT THEY CONTINUED 70 HAVE DIFFERENCES. WHENEVER THEY QUAIi/i!.ElLEO# 1",qLl.O,qSJI WOULD 60 AWI9Y AND WOULD RE7lIRIV O/IIlYAF7ER MUCH CO.t:lXIN(it. I O,'VE DAY, HOWEVER., HE JlEFUSEO TO RETURN.
MAHARAJ. KALIPASA 15 IN A VILLAGE. FIFTY MILE5 AWAV· I HAVE PLEADED WITH HIM,
R~H~E.~~lll~~~~~:;;;:
I WilL BRING HIM
eACK
TO ~
KING 8HO,JA DeC/ClEO TO FINO our WHAT kAlIP;:JSA RE/iLLY FELT ABOGIT HIM . I'LL GO AND MEET KALIDASA IN DISGUISE. •
KING
&HOJA~
HE DIED A FEW DA"ItO AGO.
.,
,
. . ':
so
W)JS OVER WHELMED. HIS TOOK THE FORM OF VERSE .
AT LAsT-
A POEM WHICH
THE CITY OF PHARA HA5 LOST ITS FOUNDATIONS. 5ARASWATI. THE GODDE55 OF LEARNING , HAS lOST HER. Sl.lPPORT.
PRAI5ES ME! KAL1DA5A,I 'H'OU'''"1j I'D HEVER GET YOU TO WRITE ONE!
THE 5CHOLAR~ HAVE LOST THEIR PATRON, FOR KING 6HOJA HAS
DEPARTED TO HEAVEN.
SOME TIME LATE/!; AFTER
aUARREL WITH KING BHOJA I TME CITY OF DHARA HI\5 STROHG FOUNDATIONS. SARlISWATI 15 WEl.l. &UPPORTED . THE SCHOl.ARS HAVE THE.IR PATRON WHILE KING 6HOJA DWELLS ON THI5 EARTH.
IfFlUPASA SET SAIL FOR
, -
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THOUGH KALIOASFI WAS ALWAYS WELCQtfE THE COURT OF KUNlARAOllSA, THE kING OF LANKA ,HE OEC/OEO NOT TO GO THERE.
I DON'T WANT TO RETURN TO DHARA .JUST YET.
1
IF KING
I AM HERE , HE. WILL INFO~M kiNG BHOJA.
KING /(uMAR.AOASA WAS,UKE KING 8liOJA,A GREAT PATRON OF LJTEIt!.ATURE ANO
IIRT .
HERE 15 A REWARD OF A THOUf,AND GOLD COINS FOR YOUR EX,CELLE.Ni COI'P<)SI, TION.
iHE KING WIl.L AWARD A LAKH OF GOLD COINS TO AN'1ONE WHO CAN COMPLETE THI5 VERSE..
NOSOOY COULD Ct::1f(tPLETE THE AFTER SEVERAL , PAY~ -
.. ·THE TASK
WHAT Ie THE VERSI!.~
"WE HAVE HEARD OF A LOTUS 1.s~ING FROM ANOTHERauT HO ONE. HAS 5E.EH
SUCH A THING-.
SET 81( THE KINer 15 VER4 Ollf'FICUL1.)
RIGHT HERE. AT THIS VERY MOMENT I BEHOLD
THE LOTUS EVES IN YOUR LOTUS FACE.
I HAVE
'IOU, HAVE!
WHERE?
PERFECT! PL"RS,. WRITE IT DOWN!
THE KING WilL SURELY GIVE AN AWARD FOR TH IS
THE NEXT MOIt1ENT SHE STA88EO kAlIOASA.
VERSE. WH"f SHOULD I LET . KAlIPASA HAVE THE MONEYf
I COULD USOE. IT TO BUy MV&E.LF SOME. ORNAMENTS.
AH •. • VA5ANTi! 'fOUR CUR&E . .. HAS COME TRUE ... .
..
THE PANCEte. TOOl( THE POEM 70 /("MAR/I{)~SIi
f!UT THE &T'fLE SEEM5 FAMILIAR . IT 15 RATHER LIKE KAlIDA5A'5
WORK.
PID YOU REAll'f WRITE THO::;E LINES?
'(OU ARE L'1'IHG.
TELL ME THE TRUTH,
OR I WILL' HAVE;
yOU
THROWH INTO A DUNGEOH!
I KUMIIRIIOIIS/i WENT lIT ONCE TO THE
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~CERS H~OU~SE~'__
IIRIYfNG EO ~OR. 111£ OF THE POET fWD "IS HiE THE FLAMES ENVEt.OPING BOOY . . ..
OH, GOD! IT 15 KALID!lSA 1 FOR lliE SAKE OF PET7Y ~AIN,
TNt& WOMAN HA& KILLED A GREAT
MAN!
,
. . . . HE WAS 50 OVERCGM1c BY 6RIEF, THAT HE TOO JUMPEO INTO THE FUNE/e"IL PYRE ANf) Wfl5 CON5Uh'EL'1 IN THE BLAZE .
WHICH OF THE ACKS HAVE YOU STILL NOT READ? ACJ( EPICS AND MYTHOLOGY
8eJI known lJorie< from /he Epa
and 1M Purooo.
VI~NU,
TAlES Of
VlSI-fW'AMlTRA YAYATI YUDHISHrHlRA,. TAlES OF
A8HlMANYU
ANDHAKA AN IRUDOHA ARJUNA, TALES OF
MAGIC GRO'If, THE AClC INDIAN ClASSICS fnman,ing Iole. from Indian
ARUNI AND UTIANKA
/jler(1tvrll
ASHWINI KUMARS
ANANDA M/l.TH
AVYAPPAN BAHUBAU 8AlARAMA, TAlES Of
ANCESTORS OF RAMA KANNA,"
BHEEMA AND HANUMAN
KAPAlA KUNDAlA
SHEEStiMA. CHANDRAHASA OiURNING OF TliE OCEAN DASHARATHA
MALAVIKA
DHRUVA AND ASHTAVAKRA DRAUPADI
URVASHI VASANTASENA VASAVADAnA
DRONA DURGA, TALES OF ElEPHANTA GAN DHARI GANESHA GANGA GARUDA GHATOTKACHA GIlA, THE GOlDt:N MONGOOSE, THE HANUMAN HANU~ TO THE RESCUE HARISCHANDRA INDRA AND SHACHI INDRA AND SHIBI lAGANNATHA OF PURl JAYADRATHA KACHA AND DEYAYANI "RNA KARmKEYA KRISHNA KRISHNA AND JAAASANOHA KRISHNA AND NARAKASURA KRISHNA AND RlJI<MINI KRISHNA AND SHISHUPALA KRISHNA AND THE FAlSE VAASUDEVA KUMBHAKARNA LORD OF lANKA, THE MAHABHARATA MAHIRAVANA NACHIKHA NAHUSHA NALA DAW.AYANTI NARAOA, TAtES OF PANDAVA PRINCES, THE PANDAVAS IN THE HIDING, THE 'RAHlAO RAMA RAVANAHUMBlED SATlANDSHfYA SAVlTRI SHIVA PARVATI SHIVA, TALES OF SONS OF RAIM, THE SUDAMA SURYA SYAMANTAKA GEM, THE TRII'URA U'COO UPANISHADS, TAtES FROM
VAU
TRUE FRIENDS KESARI THE flYING THIEf KING KUSHA lEARNED PANDfT, THE
DEVI CHQUDHURANI
RATNAVAll SHAKUNTALA
UDAYANA
ACK FABLES AND HUMOUR
and .roIeJ 01 wi5dom 000 humour Evergreen FoIilal~., /.,ge..J.
ACROBAT At-·100THER BUDDHIST TALES, THE ADVENTURES OF AGAD DAnA, THE ADVENTURES OF BADOU AND CHHOTU, THE AMRAPAlI ANGULlMALA BAG OF GOLD COINS, A BAmE OF WITS BIKAl THE TERR IBLE BIRBAl STORIES BIRBAL THE ClE'I£R BIRBAl THE GENIUS BIRBAl THE JUST 81RBAl THE WISe BIRBAl THE WITTY 81RBAl TO THE RESCUE THE INIMITABLE BIRBAl alESTIAl NECKLAa, THE
I- ~DRALALAT
COWHERD OF ALAWl, THE FEARLESS BOY AND OTHER BUDDHIST TALES, THE rOOL'S DISOPLES, THE FRIENDS AND FOES GOPAl AND THE COWHERD GOPAt THE JESTER HITOPADESHA TALES 0i0ICE Of FRIENDS HOW FRIENDS ARE PARTE D JATAKA TALES BIRD STOOES OEAOlY FEAST, THE Dt:ER STOf!IES ELEPHANT STORIES GIANT & THE DWARF, THE HIDDEN TREASURE, THE JACKAL STORIES MAGIC CHANT, THE MONKEY STORIES MOOSE MERCHANT, THE NANDMSHAIA STOf!IES OF COURAGe STORIES OF wtSOOM TAlES OF MISERS
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MARY ADA RAMA, TALES OF PANCHATANTRA TALES BRAHMIN & THE GOAT CROWS AND OWLS DUl.LARD AND OTHER
SlORlf S
GREEDY MOTHER-IN-LAW, THE HOW THE JACKAL ATE THE
'"PHANT
SAMUDRA GUPTA SHAHJAHAN
SHAl/VAHANA ~IVAJI
SHIVAJI, TALES OF SUBHAS CHANDRA BOSE
SULTANA RAZlA lANAII TIPU SU LTAN
VEERHAMMIR VEER SAVARKAR V1KRA.'MOITYA ACK VISIONARIES
JACKAL & THE WAR DRUM, THE
Inspiring .bIeJ 01 dtinlcen, JOcioI reformers and notion bui/d.eo
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