The first
half comprises the period from the new moon to the full moon. This is
the bright half of the month. The second half comprises the period
from the full moon to the new moon. This is the dark half of the
month. The lunar months are made to correspond with the solar year by
the interposition of an "adhik" or intercalary month every third year.
C.A.K.
CONTENTS
I. The Sunday Story
II. The Monday Story
III. The Tuesday Story
IV. The Wednesday and Thursday Story
V. The Friday Story
VI. The Saturday Story
VII. Mahalaxmi and the Two Queens
VIII. The Island Palace
IX. Nagoba, the Snake-King
X. Parwati and the Beggar-Man
XL Parwati and the Brahman
XII. Soma, the Washerwoman
XIII. Vasishta and the Four Queens
XIV. The Lamps and the King's Daughter-in-Law
XV. Parwati and the Priest
XVI. The Rishi and the Brahman
XVII. The King and the Water-Goddesses
XVIII. The Lid of the Sacred Casket
XIX. The Brahman Wife and Her Seven Sons
XX. The Golden Temple
ILLUSTRATIONS
"Gave memorial honours to his dead father"
"It curled itself up inside the earthen jar"
"And fill her lap with wheat cakes and bits of cocoa-nut"
"And stuck them into a corner of the eaves"
"They no longer wished to kill or bite the little daughter-in-law"
"They asked her what the reason was, and she told them"
"She has lived here just as if she had been in her father's house"
"The god revealed himself to the king and his companions in all his
glory and splendour"
CHAPTER I
The Sunday Story
When Englishmen and Englishwomen are little boys and girls, they
listen with open ears to the tales of Golden-hair and the three Bears,
of Cinderella and the Prince, and of the Wolf and Little Red Riding
Hood.
Pages:
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25