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Author: Vyanst Publisher: CreateSpace ISBN: 9781514788806 Category : Languages : en Pages : 58
Book Description
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: Deepa Agarwal Publisher: ISBN: 9788184771343 Category : Languages : en Pages : 104
Book Description
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 ISBN: 9386057972 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 178
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‘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: Sir Richard F. Burton Publisher: LA CASE Books ISBN: Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 329
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Translated from the original Sanskrit by the noted Victorian Orientalist, Sir Richard Burton, these ancient Indian folk tales influenced such later works as 1001 Arabian Nights and Boccaccio's Decameron. As revealing today as they were in their own time, these stories will entertain and delight modern readers while illuminating the life and customs of classical India.
Author: Poile Sengupta Publisher: Penguin UK ISBN: 818475115X Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 113
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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.
Author: Gayathri Prabhu Publisher: Harper Collins ISBN: 9353573408 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 208
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'This riddle can end in two ways: speech and defeat, or silence and death.' Vetaal and Vikram is a playful retelling of one of India's most celebrated cycles of stories. The narrative of King Vikram and the Vetaal is located within the Kathasaritsagara, an eleventh-century Sanskrit text. The Vetaal who is neither living nor dead is a consummate storyteller, and Vikram is a listener who can neither speak nor stay silent. Together they are destined to walk a labyrinth of stories in the course of a moonless night in a cremation ground. In 1870, eleven of the Vetaal's stories were adapted to English by the famed scholar-explorer Richard Francis Burton who tailored them to his audience's gothic taste. Vetaal and Vikram is a contemporary response that includes Burton within its storytelling folds. Fantastical and delightful, this retelling dissolves the lines between speaker and listener, desire and duty, life and death.
Author: BPI Publisher: BPI Publishing ISBN: 9351214699 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 125
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Stories of Vikram Vetal is the story of King Vikramaditya and the spirit Vetal who resides on a tree. A hermit asks the king to capture Vetal and bring the spirit to him. Vikramaditya manages to seize Vetal but Vetal starts narrating stories to him. At the end of each story, he asks a tricky question and compels Vikramaditya to answer it. Every time the king gives a correct answer, Vetal flies away to his abode. Read the book to know whether the king manages to finally capture Vetal.
Author: Poile Sengupta
Author: Poile Sengupta
Author: Vyanst
Author: Shubha Vilas
Author: Deepa Agarwal
Author: Sivadasa
Author: Pratibha Kasturia
Author: Sir Richard F. Burton
Author: Poile Sengupta
Author: Gayathri Prabhu
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