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Lost and found.
From the original text · The saints' own songs
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One line for each letter.
From the original text · The saints' own songs
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Speak sweetly to all.
From the original text · The saints' own songs
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A snake that shaded a sleeping boy.
From the original text · Janamsakhis of Guru Nanak
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The Guru who gave Gurmukhi its shape.
From the original text · Sikh history
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Two small boys who would not change their minds, told with great care.
From the original text · Sikh history
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The king who ate langar first.
From the original text · Sikh history
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Five beloved ones from five corners of India.
From the original text · Sikh history
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The first lines of the Guru Granth Sahib.
From the original text · Sri Guru Granth Sahib
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The life, the symbol and the lesson of Ajitanatha.
From the original text · Trishashti-shalaka-purusha-charitra
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The birthday of the twenty-fourth Jina.
From the original text · Jain moral tales
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How many stars, where is the centre, how many crows?
From the original text · Oral tradition
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Betal's first riddle.
From the original text · Vetala Panchavimshati (Baital Pachisi)
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Chakli and the dana.
From the original text · Oral tradition
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Kesar Kalmi, the horse who flew.
From the original text · Oral tradition
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Two brothers and a rakshasi.
From the original text · Thakurmar Jhuli
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A trunk full of water.
From the original text · Oral tradition
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Twelve children of one mother.
From the original text · Aithihyamala
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Makad ani usachi kandi.
From the original text · Oral tradition
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The chariot that everyone pulls.
From the original text · Oral tradition
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Sheep and snow.
From the original text · Oral tradition
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A confession written to his father.
From the original text · Biographies
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One man, one bunker, one more push.
From the original text · Biographies
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Understanding the little shrine in the corner.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
Ages 0-3+from$1.99 - Why Does Papa Say Jai Shri Krishna?Coming soonSoonWhy Does Papa Say Jai Shri Krishna?
A greeting that is also a small prayer.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
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The Gujarati word for the mark on the forehead.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
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Ahimsa on a plate.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
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Every Indian name is a small wish.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
Ages 0-3+from$1.99 - Who Is My Masi?Coming soonSoonWho Is My Masi?
Mum's sister.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
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A welcome on the floor.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
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From haldi to vidaai.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
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108 beads and a knot.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
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What you do comes back around.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
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A river that came from the sky.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
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Both, all the way through.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
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A question at the door.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
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Seeds and harvests.
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White on brown, in a circle.
From the original text · Art and music histories
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Rice flour for the ants.
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