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Tibetan tales, derived from Indian sources

Tibetan tales, derived from Indian sources

by Anton Schiefner

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Translator
Ralston, William Ralston Shedden, 1828-1889
Title
Tibetan Tales, Derived from Indian Sources
Credits
Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Language
English
LoC Class
GR: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Folklore
Subject
Buddhists -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region -- Folklore
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 66870
Release Date
December 2, 2021
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.CONTENTS.
  3. 3.INTRODUCTION.
  4. 4.KING MĀNDHĀTAR . 1
  5. 5.KUŚA JĀTAKA . 1
  6. 6.ĀDARŚAMUKHA . 1
  7. 7.THE CLEVER THIEF. 1
  8. 8.SUDHANA AVADĀNA . 1
  9. 9.PRINCE JĪVAKA AS THE KING OF PHYSICIANS. 1
  10. 10.VIŚĀKHĀ . 1
  11. 11.MAHAUSHADHA AND VIŚĀKHĀ . 1
  12. 12.MAHĀKĀŚYAPA AND BHADRĀ . 1
  13. 13.UTPALAVARṆĀ . 1
  14. 14.KṚIŚĀ GAUTAMĪ . 1
  15. 15.SUŚROṆĪ . 1
  16. 16.THE OVER-REACHED ACTOR. 1
  17. 17.THE DUMB CRIPPLE. 1
  18. 18.ṚSHYAŚRINGA . 1
  19. 19.VIŚVAṆTARA . 1
  20. 20.THE FULFILLED PROPHECY. 1
  21. 21.THE TWO BROTHERS. 1
  22. 22.THE PUNISHMENT OF AVARICE. 1
  23. 23.THE MAGICIAN’S PUPIL. 1
  24. 24.HOW A WOMAN REQUITES LOVE. 1
  25. 25.THE FLIGHT OF THE BEASTS. 1
  26. 26.THE FIVE LOVERS. 1
  27. 27.THE VIRTUOUS ANIMALS. 1
  28. 28.THE ICHNEUMON, THE MOUSE, AND THE SNAKE. 1
  29. 29.THE GRATEFUL ANIMALS AND THE UNGRATEFUL MAN. 1
  30. 30.THE UNGRATEFUL LION. 1
  31. 31.THE TRICKED ELEPHANT. 1
  32. 32.THE WOLF AND THE SHEEP. 1
  33. 33.OXEN AS WITNESSES. 1
  34. 34.THE STUBBORN AND THE WILLING OXEN. 1
  35. 35.THE ASS AS A SINGER. 1
  36. 36.THE JACKAL AS CALUMNIATOR. 1 — A. — B.
  37. 37.THE TWO OTTERS AND THE JACKAL. 1
  38. 38.THE JACKAL SAVES THE LION. 1
  39. 39.THE BLUE JACKAL. 1
  40. 40.THE JACKAL HANGED BY THE OX. 1
  41. 41.THE JACKAL IN THE ELEPHANT’S FOOTPRINTS. 1
  42. 42.THE GUILTY DOGS. 1
  43. 43.THE HYPOCRITICAL CAT. 1
  44. 44.THE GAZELLE AND THE HUNTER. 1
  45. 45.THE MONKEYS SAVED FROM DEATH. 1
  46. 46.INCREDULITY PUNISHED. 1
  47. 47.THE WISE AND THE FOOLISH MONKEY CHIEFS. 1
  48. 48.THE MONKEYS AND THE MOON. 1
  49. 49.THE PEACOCK AS BRIDEGROOM. 1
  50. 50.THE CROW WITH THE GOLDEN CAP. 1
  51. 51.THE REVENGEFUL CROW. 1
  52. 52.THE UNITED PHEASANTS. 1
  53. 53.THREE TALES ABOUT ARTISTS. 1 — 1. The Ivory Carver and the Painter. 2 — 2. The Mechanician and the Painter. 3 — 3. THE COMPETITION BETWEEN THE TWO ARTISTS. 5
  54. 54.INDEX
  55. 55.Colophon — Availability — Metadata — Revision History — External References — Corrections

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