Hindu literature : Comprising The Book of good counsels, Nala and Damayanti, The Ramayana, and Sakoontala eBook

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Start of eBook	1
THE BOOK OF GOOD COUNSELS	1
NALA AND DAMAYANTI	1
SELECTIONS FROM THE RAMAYANA	1
SAKOONTALA	2
POEMS BY TORU DUTT	2
THE BOOK OF GOOD COUNSELS	2
THE HITOPADESA	2
TRANSLATOR’S PREFACE	2
THE BOOK OF GOOD COUNSELS	3
INTRODUCTION	3
THE WINNING OF FRIENDS	5
THE STORY OF THE TIGER AND THE TRAVELLER	6
THE STORY OF THE JACKAL, DEER, AND CROW	9
THE STORY OF THE VULTURE, THE CAT, AND THE BIRDS	9
THE STORY OF THE DEAD GAME AND THE JACKAL	16
THE PRINCE AND THE WIFE OF THE MERCHANT’S SON	18
THE STORY OF THE OLD JACKAL AND THE ELEPHANT	18
THE PARTING OF FRIENDS	21
THE STORY OF THE LION, THE JACKALS, AND THE BULL	21
THE STORY OF THE MONKEY AND THE WEDGE	22
THE STORY OF THE WASHERMAN’S JACKASS	23
THE STORY OF THE CAT WHO SERVED THE LION	26
THE STORY OF THE TERRIBLE BELL	27
THE STORY OF THE PRINCE AND THE PROCURESS	29
THE STORY OF THE BLACK SNAKE AND THE GOLDEN CHAIN	31
THE STORY OF THE LION AND THE OLD HARE	31
THE STORY OF THE WAGTAIL AND THE SEA	33
WAR	35
THE BATTLE OF THE SWANS AND PEACOCKS	35
THE STORY OF THE WEAVER-BIRDS AND THE MONKEYS	36
THE STORY OF THE OLD HARE AND THE ELEPHANTS	37
THE STORY OF THE HERON AND THE CROW	38
THE STORY OF THE APPEASED WHEELWRIGHT	39
THE STORY OF THE DYED JACKAL	41
THE STORY OF THE FAITHFUL RAJPOOT	43
PEACE	48
THE TREATY BETWEEN THE PEACOCKS AND THE SWANS	48
THE STORY OF THE TORTOISE AND THE GEESE	49
THE STORY OF FATE AND THE THREE FISHES	49
THE STORY OF THE UNABASHED WIFE	49
THE STORY OF THE HERONS AND THE MONGOOSE	50
THE STORY OF THE RECLUSE AND THE MOUSE	51
THE STORY OF THE CRANE AND THE CRAB	52
THE STORY OF THE BRAHMAN AND THE PANS	52
THE DUEL OF THE GIANTS	53
THE STORY OF THE BRAHMAN AND THE GOAT	55
THE STORY OF THE CAMEL, THE LION, AND HIS COURT	55
THE STORY OF THE FROGS AND THE OLD SERPENT	57
NALA AND DAMAYANTI	60
INTRODUCTION	60
THE MAHABHARATA	61
Part II.	89
SELECTIONS FROM THE RAMAYANA	111
VALMIKI	111
INTRODUCTION	111
THE RAMAYANA	113
BOOK I	113
NARAD	113
CANTO VI	118
CANTO VII	120
CANTO VIII	121
CANTO IX	123
CANTO X	127
CANTO XI	129
CANTO XII	130
CANTO XIII	132
CANTO XIV	135
CANTO XV	138
CANTO XVI	139
CANTO XVII	141
CANTO XVIII	143
CANTO XIX	144
CANTO XX	146
CANTO XXI	147
CANTO XXII	149
CANTO XXIII	150
CANTO XXIV	151
CANTO XXV	152
CANTO XXVI	153
CANTO XXVII	155
CANTO XXVIII	156
CANTO XXIX	158
CANTO XXX	160
CANTO XXXI	161
CANTO XXXII	162
CANTO XXXIII	164
CANTO XXXIV	165
CANTO XXXV	168
CANTO XXXVI	169
CANTO XXXIX	170
CANTO XL	171
CANTO XLI	173
CANTO XLII	174
CANTO XLIII	176
SAKOONTALA	177
KALIDASA	177
INTRODUCTION	177
DRAMATIS PERSONAE	182
RULES FOR PRONUNCIATION OF PROPER NAMES	183
SAKOONTALA	183
PROLOGUE	183
ACT FIRST	184
ACT SECOND	194
PRELUDE TO ACT THIRD	201
ACT THIRD	202
PRELUDE TO ACT FOURTH	209
ACT FOURTH	211
ACT FIFTH	220
PRELUDE TO ACT SIXTH	229
ACT SIXTH	231
ACT SEVENTH	242
BALLADS OF HINDOSTAN	253
BY	253
INTRODUCTION	253
BALLADS OF HINDOSTAN	259
BUTTOO	263
PART I	267
PART II	267
PART III	270
NEAR HASTINGS	272
THE TREE OF LIFE	272
SONNET	274
OUR CASUARINA-TREE	274

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