The Baitâl Pachchisi: The Twenty-Five Tales of a Sprite 9789354545696
The legendary king Vikrama vows to an occultist that he will capture a Baital Pishacha, a celestial evil spirit. A Bai
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English Year 2021
Table of contents :
Cover
Jacket
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Translators Preface.
Preface
Introductory Tale.
TALE 1 : To Which of Those Four Does Guilt Attach?
TALE 2 : To Whom Did That Woman (By Right) Belong?
TALE 3 : Whose Virtue, of Those Five, Was the Most Excellent?
TALE 4 : Which of These Two Does the Greater Guilt Attach?
The Maina’s Story.
The Parrot’s Story.
TALE 5 : Whose Wife, Out of the Three, Did the Maiden Become?
TALE 6 : Which of These Two Is She the Wife?
TALE 7 : For Which of Them Is This Woman Suited?
TALE 8 : Whose Was the Greater Virtue?
TALE 9 : Whose Is the Highest Merit of These Three?
TALE 10 : Which of These Three Was the Most Delicate?
TALE 11 : Why Did the Minister Die?
TALE 12 : To Which of These Does the Guilt of Killing a Brahman Attach?
TALE 13 : Why the Thief First Laughed, and Why He Afterwards Wept?
TALE 14 : Whose Wife Was She?
TALE 15 : Whose Virtue Was Greatest Among These?
TALE 16 : Whose Virtue Was Greatest of These Three?
TALE 17 : Why Did He Not Acquire the Art?
TALE 18 : To Which of the Three Was It Right to Give the Oblations?
TALE 19 : Why Did the Boy Laugh?
TALE 20 : Whose Love, of These Three, Was Greatest?
TALE 21 : Who Was the Greatest Fool of Those Four?
TALE 22 : Why Did He Weep, and Why Did He Laugh?
TALE 23 : Who Was the Greatest Connoisseur of Those Three?
TALE 24 : Why He Laughed, and Why He Wept?
TALE 25 : What Relationship Will There Be Between the Children of These Two?
Cover
Jacket
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Translators Preface.
Preface
Introductory Tale.
TALE 1 : To Which of Those Four Does Guilt Attach?
TALE 2 : To Whom Did That Woman (By Right) Belong?
TALE 3 : Whose Virtue, of Those Five, Was the Most Excellent?
TALE 4 : Which of These Two Does the Greater Guilt Attach?
The Maina’s Story.
The Parrot’s Story.
TALE 5 : Whose Wife, Out of the Three, Did the Maiden Become?
TALE 6 : Which of These Two Is She the Wife?
TALE 7 : For Which of Them Is This Woman Suited?
TALE 8 : Whose Was the Greater Virtue?
TALE 9 : Whose Is the Highest Merit of These Three?
TALE 10 : Which of These Three Was the Most Delicate?
TALE 11 : Why Did the Minister Die?
TALE 12 : To Which of These Does the Guilt of Killing a Brahman Attach?
TALE 13 : Why the Thief First Laughed, and Why He Afterwards Wept?
TALE 14 : Whose Wife Was She?
TALE 15 : Whose Virtue Was Greatest Among These?
TALE 16 : Whose Virtue Was Greatest of These Three?
TALE 17 : Why Did He Not Acquire the Art?
TALE 18 : To Which of the Three Was It Right to Give the Oblations?
TALE 19 : Why Did the Boy Laugh?
TALE 20 : Whose Love, of These Three, Was Greatest?
TALE 21 : Who Was the Greatest Fool of Those Four?
TALE 22 : Why Did He Weep, and Why Did He Laugh?
TALE 23 : Who Was the Greatest Connoisseur of Those Three?
TALE 24 : Why He Laughed, and Why He Wept?
TALE 25 : What Relationship Will There Be Between the Children of These Two?
