Hindu Literature

About this eBook

Author

Valmiki

Title

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

Credits

Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Susan Skinner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.

Language

English

LoC Class

PK: Language and Literatures: Indo-Iranian literatures

Subject

Sanskrit literature -- Translations into English

Category

Text

eBook-No.

13268

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13268

Release Date

August 24, 2004

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.HINDU LITERATURE — COMPRISING
2. 2.EPIPHANIUS WILSON, A.M. — REVISED EDITION — NEW YORK — P.F. COLLIER & SON
3. 3.CONTENTS — THE BOOK OF GOOD COUNSELS — NALA AND DAMAYANTI — SELECTIONS FROM THE RÁMÁYANA — ŚAKOONTALÁ — POEMS BY TORU DUTT
4. 4.THE HITOPADEŚA — [ Translated from the Sanscrit by Sir Edwin Arnold ] — TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE
5. 5.THE BOOK OF GOOD COUNSELS — INTRODUCTION — Honor to Gunesh, God of Wisdom — THE WINNING OF FRIENDS — The Story of the Tiger and the Traveller — The Story of the Jackal, Deer, and Crow — The Story of the Vulture, the Cat, and the Birds — The Story of the Dead Game and the Jackal — The Prince and the Wife of the Merchant's Son — The Story of the Old Jackal and the Elephant
6. 6.THE PARTING OF FRIENDS — The Story of the Lion, the Jackals, and the Bull — The Story of the Monkey and the Wedge — The Story of the Washerman's Jackass — The Story of the Cat Who Served the Lion — The Story of the Terrible Bell — The Story of the Prince and the Procuress — The Story of the Black Snake and the Golden Chain — The Story of the Lion and the Old Hare — The Story of the Wagtail and the Sea — WAR — The Battle of the Swans and Peacocks — The Story of the Weaver-Birds and the Monkeys — The Story of the Old Hare and the Elephants — The Story of the Heron and the Crow — The Story of the Appeased Wheelwright — The Story of the Dyed Jackal — The Story of the Faithful Rajpoot
7. 7.PEACE — The Treaty Between the Peacocks and the Swans — The Story of the Tortoise and the Geese — The Story of Fate and the Three Fishes — The Story of the Unabashed Wife — The Story of the Herons and the Mongoose — The Story of the Recluse and the Mouse — The Story of the Crane and the Crab — The Story of the Brahman and the Pans — The Duel of the Giants — The Story of the Brahman and the Goat — The Story of the Camel, the Lion, and His Court — The Story of the Frogs and the Old Serpent
8. 8.NALA AND DAMAYANTI — [ Selected from the "Mahâbhârata" Translation by Sir Edwin Arnold ] — INTRODUCTION
9. 9.THE MAHÂBHÂRATA — NALA AND DAMAYANTI — Part I — Part II.
10. 10.SELECTIONS FROM THE RÁMÁYANA — BY — VÁLMÍKI — [ Metrical translation by R.T.H. Griffiths ] — INTRODUCTION
11. 11.THE RÁMÁYANA — INVOCATION
12. 12.BOOK I — CANTO I — NARAD — CANTO VI — THE KING — CANTO VII — THE MINISTERS — CANTO VIII — SUMANTRA'S SPEECH — CANTO IX — RISHYAŚRING — CANTO X — RISHYAŚRING INVITED — CANTO XI — THE SACRIFICE DECREED — CANTO XII — THE SACRIFICE BEGUN — CANTO XIII — THE SACRIFICE FINISHED — CANTO XIV — RÁVAN DOOMED — CANTO XV — THE NECTAR — CANTO XVI — THE VANARS — CANTO XVII — RISHYASRING'S RETURN — CANTO XVIII — RISHYAŚRING'S DEPARTURE — CANTO XIX — THE BIRTH OF THE PRINCES — CANTO XX — VIŚVÁMITRA'S VISIT — CANTO XXI — VIŚVÁMITRA'S SPEECH — CANTO XXII — DAŚARATHA'S SPEECH — CANTO XXIII — VAŚISHTHA'S SPEECH — CANTO XXIV — THE SPELLS — CANTO XXV — THE HERMITAGE OF LOVE — CANTO XXVI — THE FOREST OF TÁDAKÁ — CANTO XXVII — THE BIRTH OF TÁDAKÁ — CANTO XXVIII — THE DEATH OF TÁDAKÁ — CANTO XXIX — THE CELESTIAL ARMS — CANTO XXX — THE MYSTERIOUS POWERS — CANTO XXXI — THE PERFECT HERMITAGE — CANTO XXXII — VIŚVÁMITRA'S SACRIFICE — CANTO XXXIII — THE SONE — CANTO XXXIV — BRAHMADATTA — CANTO XXXV — VIŚVÁMITRA'S LINEAGE — CANTO XXXVI — THE BIRTH OF GANGÁ — CANTO XXXIX — THE SONS OF SAGAR — CANTO XL — THE CLEAVING OF THE EARTH — CANTO XLI — KAPIL — CANTO XLII — SAGAR'S SACRIFICE — CANTO XLIII — BHAGÍRATH
13. 13.ŚAKOONTALÁ — BY — KÁLIDÁSA — [ Translation by Sir Monier Monier-Williams ] — INTRODUCTION — DRAMATIS PERSONÆ — RULES FOR PRONUNCIATION OF PROPER NAMES
14. 14.ŚAKOONTALÁ — PROLOGUE — Benediction — ACT FIRST — Scene.—A Forest — ACT SECOND — Scene.—A Plain on the Skirts of the Forest — PRELUDE TO ACT THIRD — Scene.—The Hermitage — ACT THIRD — Scene.—The Sacred Grove — PRELUDE TO ACT FOURTH — Scene.—The Garden of the Hermitage — ACT FOURTH — Scene.—The Neighborhood of the Hermitage — ACT FIFTH — Scene.—A Room in the Palace — PRELUDE TO ACT SIXTH — Scene.—A Street — ACT SIXTH — Scene.—The Garden of the Palace — ACT SEVENTH — Scene.—The Sky
15. 15.BALLADS OF HINDOSTAN
16. 16.TORU DUTT — INTRODUCTION
17. 17.BALLADS OF HINDOSTAN — JOGADHYA UMA
18. 18.BUTTOO
19. 19.SINDHU — PART I — PART II — PART III
20. 20.MISCELLANEOUS POEMS — NEAR HASTINGS — FRANCE — 1870 — THE TREE OF LIFE — MADAME THÉRÈSE — Written on the fly-leaf of Erckmann-Chatrian's novel, entitled, "Madame Thérèse ." — SONNET — SONNET — OUR CASUARINA-TREE
21. 21.FOOTNOTES

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