Untold Stories of King Bhoja

Untold Stories of King Bhoja

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Book Specification

Item Code: IDE136
Author: V.A.K. Ayer
Publisher: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
Language: English
Edition: 2003
Pages: 225
Cover: Paperback
Other Details 7.3" X 4.8"
Weight 200 gm

Book Description

From the Jacket:

Author, journalist and scholar, Shri Ayer is given to by aptitude and training, a wide range of studies extending from Astrology to Vedic researches. Starting life as the Editor of a Music Journal in the early thirties, he was a school teacher for two years. The lure of the pen drew him again to the editorial department of daily newspapers of Ceylon, Madras and Bombay successively.

He joined the Bhavan in 1952 and served as Associate Editor of the Bhavan's Journal since its inception for 15 years till 1968, when he went over to Bangalore in 1968 as the Director of Bhavan's Bangalore Kendra. Presently he is engaged in producing Cultural Readers and other literature for children at the Bhavan.

His published works include a book on astrology and a couple of books on palmistry, besides Stories of the King Madana Kama, Stories of King Bhoja and Hindu Sastra and Samskara published by the Bhavan.

The stories of Vikramaditya are among the oldest collection of folk-tales centering round the personality of King Vikramaditya of Ujjain. First written in Sanskrit, a number of slightly differing versions are extant in all the major languages of India. The stories are most interesting.

The original authorship of these stories is unknown, even as their dates; but they are generally believed to have originated during the period 11th to13th centuries.

The present, author has retold them in English for the modern man.

The main purpose of these stories is to illustrate the generous deeds of a model king and emphasize moral lessons. In this light they are didactic, but in their ingenious plots, dramatic situations, portrayal of real life and correct appraisal of human character, they are superb. As the reader can easily notice, human nature has not changed a whit even after a thousand years.

CONTENTS

KULAPATI'S PREFACE V
PUBLISHERS' NOTE IX
1. GAUTAMI SHOWS THE WAY 1
2. SAGE DATTATREYA APPEARS 3
3. MAHA CURED OF YHE LEPROSY 6
4. MAHA QUESTIONS THE SAGE 7
5. GREATNESS OF PRAYAG 11
6. BHOJA MEETS SARPATI 14
7. SARPATI CURES BHOJA 17
8. ACTION AND REACTION 24
9. GREATNESS OF TRUTH 27
10. THE ETERNAL CELIBATE 30
11. THE LADY WHO ATE CLAY BALLS 34
12. THE CHANDALA PAIR 40
13. THE EAGLE HUNT 45
14. PANGS OF SEPERATION 50
15. THE MARRIAGE PARLEYS 54
16. RATNAMANDANA WEDS 58
17. THE HORNS OF A DILEMA 62
18. YOGI BECOMES A PIG 67
19. MADANAREKHA'S POSER 72
20. MADANAREKHA VINDICATED 81
21. PRINCESS HANUMATI 89
22. PAVAKAROMA IN RAKSHA'S DEN 98
23. AJAVAKSHA IN QUANDARY 104
24. THE LORD APPEARS 110
25. PRINCESS ANGIRESA 116
26. HANUMATI REJOINS 122
27. KUMBHI EXPOSED 127
28. DESTINY IS IRREVOCABLE 133
29. THE COW AND THE CALF 139
30. THE TIGER GOES TO HEAVEN! 144
31. INGENIOUS PUSHPAGANDHI 149
32. VIRTUES OF ANNA-DANA 154
33. THE BRAHMIN'S WIFE ON TEST 159
34. THE HEROIC HUNTER-WOMEN 164
35. TRUTH ABOUT THE COBBLER 168
36. GANGA YATRA 174
37. MANJURA RETURNS 179
38. THE NARADA TOUCH 184
39. DESCENT OF GANGA 189
40. MANJURA ON TEST 195
41. THE CURSE WORKS 201
42. WHO WAS THE COBBLER? 208
43. GLORY OF BHOJA'S RULE 213

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