Author : Deepa Agarwal
Publisher :
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 42,74 MB
Release :
Category :
ISBN : 9788184771343
The vetal spins tale after magical tale of kings, queens, demons and enchanted lands, but the question he poses at the end of each story forced King Vikram into an unforeseen dilemma. Enjoy these delightful stories and discover how the noble King Vikram overcomes his trials.
Author : Sivadasa
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 36,71 MB
Release : 2016-09-20
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9386057972
‘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.
Author : Vyanst
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 26,21 MB
Release : 2015-07-01
Category :
ISBN : 9781514788806
India is a land of enchanting mysterious tales. This land had been ruled by many kings whose lives still remained to be mysterious, but their stories have earned immortality. The stories of Vikramaditya, a benevolent Indian ruler, are such mysterious ones. Tales of Vikram and Vetal have fascinated readers all over the world. These stories take the readers into the realm of fairies and ghosts, queens and kings, princes and princesses, braves and cowards, rich and poor, wise and fools, and also the common simpletons. The tales reflect judgments on morality, sacrifice, loyalty and love. This book is a collection of selected stories from the varied Vikram-Vetal encounters. The stories are written in simple and easy to understand language and carry colorful illustrations. We hope that readers would benefit from the judgment skills of Vikramaditya as depicted in these stories.
Author : Sivadasa
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 46,30 MB
Release : 2006-08-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0141907924
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.
Author : Poile Sengupta
Publisher : Penguin Books India
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 24,7 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Children's stories, Indic (English)
ISBN : 9780143334989
Age old stories of Vikram and Vetal. The tales are retold in a short story/novel way.
Author : Sudha Murty
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 125 pages
File Size : 30,23 MB
Release : 2016-01-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9385890506
A poor little girl is rewarded with lovely gifts when she feeds a hungry bird all the rice she has. What happens when the girl’s greedy, nosy neighbour hears the story and tries to get better gifts for herself? Why did the once sweet sea water turn salty? How did the learned teacher forget his lessons only to be aided by the school cook? And how did the king hide his horrible donkey ears from the people of his kingdom? For answers to all this and more, delve right into another fabulous collection of stories by Sudha Murty.
Author : John Platis
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 20,37 MB
Release : 2022-11-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 3368132121
Reprint of the original, first published in 1871.
Author :
Publisher : Wonder House Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 31,80 MB
Release : 2021
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9789390391592
Adaptation of Vālmīki's Rāmāyaṇa; for children.
Author : Deepa Agarwal
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 32,98 MB
Release : 2015-10-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 8184758472
Fourteen-year-old Debu sets off across the high mountain passes from Kumaon to Tibet to search for his father who got lost in a blizzard the year before. Adventures follow thick and fast—a forced stay in a monastery with a boy lama who takes a fancy to him, his capture by the cruel, enigmatic bandit Nangbo, who has magical powers, and a stay in the legendary goldfields of Thok Jalong. And finally—a heart-pounding, breathtaking horse race. Does Debu find his father. Does he win the race? Pick up this page-turner to find out!
Author : Shahrukh Husain
Publisher : Scholastic India
Page : 105 pages
File Size : 21,53 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8176555703
In a small town somewhere in the Middle East lived Mulla Nasruddin. Mulla Nasruddin was famous for being a bit odd. He reacted to the follies of his fellow men and to the challenges of daily life - be it catching a runaway basket or celebrating the birth of a pot - in a manner that people found strange. But most wise men agreed that beneath the apparent foolishness of Mulla Nasruddin was a keen perception that cut straight to the truth. This collection of twenty-five tales contains all the fun and wisdom that makes the stories of Mulla Nasruddin so widely read and well loved.
