Download or read book The adventures of agad datta written by SHANTIDEVI MOTICHANDRA and published by Amar Chitra Katha Pvt Ltd. This book was released on 1971-04-01 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Agad Datta, a young man of courage and presence of mind, is assigned the task of bringing a gang of robbers to book. He sets out and encounters a holy man who turns out to be the gang leader of robbers. Agad Datta outwits him and brings him to book. A merchant proceeding on a business voyage on the sea deposits his money with the royal priest on the king's advice. He returns home, surviving a storm, and asks for money deposited with the priest. The priest refuses, but the king plays a trick on the priest and recovers the merchant's money.
Download or read book The Adventures Of Agad Datta 716 written by Luis Fernandes and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jains are an ancient sect in India. Jain monks lived an austere life and traveled to preach spirituality. Stories came in handy for this purpose. Writings about travels of those times carried narratives of real or hearsay happenings at different locations
Download or read book The Dullard And Other Stories written by Anant Pai and published by Amar Chitra Katha Pvt Ltd. This book was released on 1971-04-01 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 'dullard' of the story, an unfortunate failure at school, is a familiar figure in every age. Poor at his books, he compensates with a wealth of common sense and goes on to survive life's trials rather well. His comically smug, scholarly companions, on the other hand, soon meet their doom. These tales may mirror everyday human vices in a time-tested and engaging way but they are also gentle guides to a wiser, happier path.
Download or read book Jain and Buddhist Stories Part 1 written by Multiple Authors and published by Amar Chitra Katha. This book was released on 2022-06-15 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amar Chitra Katha presents Jain and Buddhist Stories, a collection of our existing titles that depict the wealth of knowledge. Read about a thief who finds sandals that let him fly, a poor man who realises the dangers of desire, a celestial necklace that sets off a fascinating chain of events and much more in this digital special. The book includes beloved titles like Kesari the Flying Thief, The Celestial Necklace, The Adventures of Agad Datta, Amrapali, The Prophecy and The Lost Prince.
Download or read book The adventures of pratapan written by INDIRA ANANTHAKRISHNAN and published by Amar Chitra Katha Pvt Ltd. This book was released on 1971-04-01 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Adventures of Pratapan is adapted from Pratapa Mudaliar Charitram, the first novel to be written in Tamil. Written in 1879 by Mayuram Vedanayakam Pillai (1826-1889), the novel was a landmark in Tamil literature because till that time, Tamil literature only consisted of poetry. Vedanayakam Pillai, influenced by the ideas of women's liberation and secularism, created a strong female character, Jnanam. The story begins with the hero, Pratapan, being completely in love with Jnanam's beauty and strength of character. Jnanam returns his feelings. Unfortunately their happiness is marred by the constant bickering of their fathers. The couple is separated and one day, Jnanam goes missing. Pratapan's adventures begin then and conclude with a surprising twist to the story.
Download or read book Chandralalat written by KAMALA CHANDRAKANT and published by Amar Chitra Katha Pvt Ltd. This book was released on 1971-04-01 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The seventh queen of the king of Bengal gave birth to twins – a boy and a girl. The boy, as predicted, had a moon on his forehead and stars on the palm of his hands. But the six older queens, were filled with jealousy and had the children spirited away by an evil midwife. Based on a folktale from Bengal, Chandralalat is a story that has been popular for generations.
Download or read book Jayadratha written by SUBBA RAO and published by Amar Chitra Katha Pvt Ltd. This book was released on 1971-04-01 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jayadratha was a despicable man - vindictive, arrogant and selfish. In the Mahabharata battle, Jayadratha had shamelessly hidden himself away, for Arjuna had taken a terrible vow to put an end to his own life if he failed to kill the villain before sunset that day. With the wise Krishna by his side, would the mighty Arjuna fail to find his mark?
Download or read book The mystry of the missing gifts written by SUBBA RAO & DR. CHANDRASHEKHAR KAMBAR and published by Amar Chitra Katha Pvt Ltd. This book was released on 1971-04-01 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bhola is a kind-hearted but lazy old man, the despair of his hard working wife. When he catches a flock of sparrows, the king sparrow promises to reward him richly if he sets the birds free. Bhola agrees and is rewarded with a cow whose dung is pure gold! A wandering sanyasi comes to a village. The richest man refuses him alms but his brother who is poor gives him food and shelter. The sanyasi gives the poor man a magic flute. But his jealous brother cannot bear to see his good fortune.In these witty folk tales from Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka, kindness and wisdom are always rewarded.
Download or read book The Pious Cat written by Toni patel and published by Amar Chitra Katha Pvt Ltd. This book was released on 1971-04-01 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A cat fools the animals in the jungle by pretending to be holy and pious. A frog finds himself in a dangerous predicament with a hungry crow. A clever deer knows exactly what she must do to keep her babies safe. Animal stories have always been a popular and humourous way of pointing out very human failings like greed, vanity, and ignorance. The stories in this collection are from Rajasthan, tales that have been handed down over generations - changing and growing with each new telling.
Download or read book Jataka Tales written by Amar Chitra Katha and published by Amar Chitra Katha. This book was released on with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Jataka Tales Monkey Stories written by MEENA TALIM and published by Amar Chitra Katha Pvt Ltd. This book was released on 1971-04-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Monkeys frolic through these pages, imparting lessons in leadership and common sense. Murderous crocodiles, powerful kings and fearsome ogres are easily outwitted by these winsome creatures. But be warned, do not let monkeys loose in your garden or you may well lose sight of their virtues!
Download or read book Angulimala written by SUBBA RAO and published by Amar Chitra Katha Pvt Ltd. This book was released on 1971-04-01 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bandit wore a gruesome garland of fingers of the men he had killed. As his garland of fingers grew longer strong men cowered in fright. The bandit was invincible - until he met a gentle monk - Buddha. Thus darkness came face to face with light and at last the restless bandit found peace.
Download or read book kalidasa written by YAGYA SHARMA and published by Amar Chitra Katha Pvt Ltd. This book was released on 1971-04-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kalidas owes his fame to his Sanksrit play Abhijnana-Shakuntala (Shakuntala Recognised by the Token Ring), the long epic poem Kumara-Sambhava (Birth of Kumara) and the lyric poem Meghaduta (Cloud Messenger). Kalidasa, who lived some time in the middle of the 4th and early 5th centuries A.D., has left no account of his life. According to popular legend, he owed his ingenuity as much to Goddess Kali’s blessings as to his own talents.
Download or read book Babasaheb Ambedkar written by S. S. REGE and published by Amar Chitra Katha Pvt Ltd. This book was released on 1971-04-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He was from a respectable family, well-educated and a lawyer, yet many Indians thought of him as ‘untouchable’. It was up to BR Ambedkar to teach his ‘depressed’ community to fight the injustices that it faced each day. Hard working and wise, he became the icon of the underprivileged. History, however, will remember him as the architect of India’s Constitution.
Download or read book Madhavacharya written by Dr. B. N. K. Sharma and published by Amar Chitra Katha Pvt Ltd. This book was released on 1971-04-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Madhvacharya (C. 1238–1317) propagated the Bhakti Marg or the path of devotion for the realisation of God. He felt that there was no need to deny the world in order to realise the Divine. Relying on logic, and quoting profusely from the scriptures, he made a strong case for theism. His school of thought is known as dvaita which stands for two realities – independent and dependent. The infinitely perfect God is independent and the world of matter and spirits is dependent on God. He advocated total surrender to God to achieve salvation.
Download or read book Jallianwala bagh written by TONI PATEL and published by Amar Chitra Katha Pvt Ltd. This book was released on 1971-04-01 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The day was April 13, 1919. It was the festival of Baisakhi, new year's day in the Punjab, when thousands of holidaying villagers mingled with the citizens of Amritsar to listen to their leaders in Amritsar's Jallianwala Bagh. No one even imagined that the garden would turn into a killing field. The British Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer, in a bid to teach 'a moral lesson to the Punjab', ordered his soldiers to open fire at the unarmed crowd of men, women and children. It was a turning point in India's struggle for freedom.
Download or read book Sambhaji written by SANJIVANI KHER and published by Amar Chitra Katha Pvt Ltd. This book was released on 1971-04-01 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The entire Maratha kingdom was shocked when Sambhaji, the son of Shivaji, joined forces with the Mughal army, Shivaji's greatest foe. Sambhaji had a tough childhood. His father was too busy to look after him and his mother died when he was only two. The young Sambhaji's main support came from his grandmother. When she died, he was bereft of love and care. To make matters worse, his step-mother was campaigning to make her own son the next ruler, trying to poison Shivaji's mind against Sambhaji. This Amar Chitra Katha traces the events that led up to the coronation of this wise and just Maratha ruler.
