An Introductory Sanskrit Reader 9783745869934

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Table of contents :
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Table of Contents
Preface
1. The Hare That Outwitted the Lion (Pañcatantra 1, 6)
2. How the Lion's Servants Got the Camel Killed (Pañcatantra 1, 8)
3. Frogs Go for a Ride on the Back of a Snake (Pañcatantra 3, 10)
4. The Two Murderers (Pañcatantra 5, 2)
5. Brahman, Thief, and Rākṣasa (Tantrākhyāyika 3, 6)
6. Somaśarman's Father (Tantrākhyāyika 5, 1)
7. Three Fastidious Young Brahmans (Vetālapañcaviṃśatikā 5)
8. How Somaśarman Died of a Snake's Poison (Vetālapañcaviṃśatikā 12)
9. The Boy Who Laughed as he Was Being Sacrificed (Vetālapañcaviṃśatikā 17)
10. Caṇḍamahāsena and Aṅgāravatī (Kathāsaritsāgara 11, 43-73)
11. The Hypocritical Ascetic (Kathāsaritsāgara 15, 30-53)
12. Three Fastidious Young Brahmans (Kathāsaritsāgara 82, 1-52)
13. The Story of the Siddhāśrama (Rāmāyaṇa 1, 29, 1-32)
14. Jābāli's Address to Rāma (Rāmāyaṇa 2, 108, 1-18)
15. Sītā in the Hands of Rāvaṇa (Rāmāyaṇa 3, 56, 1-32)
16. The Birth of Karṇa (Mahābhārata 1, 104, 1-21)
17. Arjuna and Ulūpī (Mahābhārata 1, 206, 11-34)
18. Manu Vaivasvata and the Fish (Mahābhārata 3, 185, 1-54)
19. Indradyumna Regains his Seat in Heaven (Mahābhārata 3, 191, 1-27)
20. Kṛṣṇa Conquers the Snake Kāliya (Harivaṃśa 56, 1-46)
21. Kṛṣṇa and the Cowherdesses (Harivaṃśa 63, 1-35)
22. Viṣṇu's Incarnation as a Fish (Bhāgavatapurāṇa 8, 24, 7-45)
23. Kṛṣṇa Lifts up the Mountain Govardhana (Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 25, 1-28)
24. King Pṛthu Conquers the Earth (Viṣṇupurāṇa 1, 13, 69-91)
25. The Birth of Dattātreya (Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 17, 1-25)
26. The Birth of Mārtāṇḍa (Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 105, 1-27)
27. Dama Kills his Father's Murderer Vapuṣmat (Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 136, 11-36)
28. Viṣṇu is Extolled as Veṅkaṭanātha (Skandapurāṇa 2/1, 35, 20-36)
29. Paraśurāma Kills his Mother Reṇukā (Kālikāpurāṇa 83, 1-28)
30. The Creation of the Universe (Kriyāyogasāra 2, 1-24a)
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