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Hitopadesha, Book 1, fable 1.6.

From the original text · Hitopadesha

Hitopadesha, Book 2, fable 2.6.

From the original text · Hitopadesha

Hitopadesha, Book 3, fable 3.6.

From the original text · Hitopadesha

Hitopadesha, Book 4, fable 4.6.

From the original text · Hitopadesha

Jataka 6 of 547, Ekanipata, from Cowell's edition.

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Jataka 156 of 547, Dukanipata, from Cowell's edition.

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Jataka 256 of 547, Tikanipata, from Cowell's edition.

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Jataka 306 of 547, Catukkanipata, from Cowell's edition.

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Jataka 356 of 547, Pañcakanipata, from Cowell's edition.

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Jataka 381 of 547, Chakkanipata, from Cowell's edition.

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Jataka 401 of 547, Sattakanipata, from Cowell's edition.

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Jataka 422 of 547, Aṭṭhakanipata, from Cowell's edition.

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Jataka 432 of 547, Navakanipata, from Cowell's edition.

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Jataka 444 of 547, Dasakanipata, from Cowell's edition.

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Jataka 460 of 547, Ekādasakanipata, from Cowell's edition.

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Jataka 469 of 547, Dvādasakanipata, from Cowell's edition.

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Jataka 479 of 547, Terasakanipata, from Cowell's edition.

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Jataka 489 of 547, Pakiṇṇakanipata, from Cowell's edition.

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Jataka 502 of 547, Vīsatinipata, from Cowell's edition.

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Jataka 516 of 547, Tiṃsanipata, from Cowell's edition.

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Jataka 543 of 547, Mahānipata, from Cowell's edition.

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The Life of the Buddha, canto 6

From the original text · Buddhacharita

A gift that turned into a garland.

From the original text · The saints' own songs

Why the greeting.

From the original text · The saints' own songs

Counting to thirteen and never stopping.

From the original text · Janamsakhis of Guru Nanak

Two swords: Miri and Piri, and the fifty-two kings freed.

From the original text · Sikh history

Everything is God (Namdev, Ang 485).

From the original text · Sri Guru Granth Sahib

The life, the symbol and the lesson of Padmaprabha.

From the original text · Trishashti-shalaka-purusha-charitra

Each felt one part of the elephant.

From the original text · Jain moral tales

The best dish in the world, said no one twice.

From the original text · Oral tradition

Which is heavier, sin or salt?

From the original text · Oral tradition

Who was the most delicate?

From the original text · Vetala Panchavimshati (Baital Pachisi)

Fair payment.

From the original text · Oral tradition

A snake who kept his word.

From the original text · Oral tradition

Kathputli.

From the original text · Oral tradition

The prince whose life was in a bird.

From the original text · Thakurmar Jhuli

Little verses.

From the original text · Oral tradition

The girl with the urumi, from the Vadakkan Pattukal.

From the original text · Aithihyamala

Songs of Navratri.

From the original text · Oral tradition

Shivaji's son, told carefully.

From the original text · Biographies

A father writing from prison.

From the original text · Biographies

A voice for seventy years.

From the original text · Biographies

Naivedya: the plate goes to the shrine before the table.

From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources

A whole street of relatives.

From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources

Pradakshina around the shrine.

From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources

The colour of a beginning.

From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources