Tibetan tales derived from Indian sources. ([2013?])

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Tibetan tales
• Uniform Title: Kanjur.
• Further Information: Note: [translated from the Tibetan of the Kah-gyur by F. Anton von Schiefner ; done into English from the German ; with an introd. by W. R. S. Ralston].
• Other Names: Schiefner, Anton, 1817-1879; Ralston, William Ralston Shedden, 1828-1889
• Contents: Ch. 1. King Mandhatar -- ch. 2. Kusa Jataka -- ch. 3. Adarsamukha -- ch. 4. The clever thief -- ch. 5. Sudhana Avadana -- ch. 6. Prince Jivaka -- ch. 7. Visakha -- ch. 8. Mahaushadha and Visakha -- ch. 9. Mahakasyapa and Bhadra -- ch. 10. Utpalavarna -- ch. 11. Krisa Gautami -- ch. 12. Susroni -- ch. 13. The overreached actor -- ch. 14. The dumb cripple -- ch. 15. Rshyasringa -- ch. 16. Visvantara -- ch. 17. The fulfilled prophecy -- ch. 18. The two brothers -- ch. 19. The punishment of Avarice -- ch. 20. The magician's pupil -- ch. 21. How a woman repays love -- ch. 22. The flight of the beasts -- ch. 23. The five lovers -- ch. 24. The virtuous animals -- ch. 25. The ichneumon, the mouse, and the snake -- ch. 26. The grateful animals -- ch. 27. The ungrateful lion -- ch. 28. The tricked elephant -- ch. 29. The wolf and the sheep -- ch. 30. The oxen as witnesses -- ch. 31. The obstinate and willing oxen -- ch. 32. The ass as a singer -- ch. 33. The jackal as calumniator -- ch. 34. The two otters and the jackal -- ch. 35. The jackal saves the lion -- ch. 36. The blue jackal -- ch. 37. The jackal hanged by the ox -- ch. 38. The jackal in the elephant's traces -- ch. 39. The guilty dogs -- ch. 40. The hypocritical cat -- ch. 41. The gazelle and the hunter -- ch. 42. The monkeys saved from death -- ch. 43. Incredulity punished -- ch. 44. The wise and foolish monkey chiefs -- ch. 45. The monkeys and the moon -- ch. 46. The peacock as bridegroom -- ch. 47. The crow with the golden cap -- ch. 48. The revengeful crow -- ch. 49. The united pheasants -- ch. 50. Artist anecdotes.
• Publisher Details: Abingdon : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2013
• Copyright Date: 1906
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 398.209515; Tales -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region; Buddhists -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region -- Folklore; Buddhists; Tales; China -- Tibet Autonomous Region; Folklore
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781136379727
• Related ISBNs: 113637972X; 9780415244831; 0415244838; 9780415242868; 041524286X; 9780415231886; 0415231884
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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