
A laugh at a thousand faces and one mouth.
From the original text · Oral tradition
Stories featuring Tenali Raman, including Tenali Rama and the Goddess Kali; Tenali Rama and the Cat; The Weight of Water.
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Source works: Oral tradition · Biographies
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A laugh at a thousand faces and one mouth.
From the original text · Oral tradition
Tenali and the horse that would not eat.
From the original text · Oral tradition
The king who kept Tenali.
From the original text · Biographies
Who will carry Tenali?
From the original text · Oral tradition
The best dish in the world, said no one twice.
From the original text · Oral tradition
A prediction turned around.
From the original text · Oral tradition
A feast that cost nothing.
From the original text · Oral tradition
Why the king could not see the horse.
From the original text · Oral tradition
Silver from a copper pot.
From the original text · Oral tradition
A bird that only said Rama.
From the original text · Oral tradition
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