
A laugh at a thousand faces and one mouth.
From the original text · Oral tradition
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A laugh at a thousand faces and one mouth.
From the original text · Oral tradition

Draw a shorter line without touching it.
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How King Vikram came to carry Betal.
From the original text · Vetala Panchavimshati (Baital Pachisi)

Under the streetlight, where it is brighter.
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A trader outwitted by his own house.
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A camel ride across the desert.
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The girl who fetched the silver tree.
From the original text · Thakurmar Jhuli
The song that dropped the vadai.
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Lambikin, lambikin, I'll eat you!
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The sparrow's house of wax and the crow's house of dung.
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Why the wooden god has short arms.
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The girl and the serpent prince.
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Ocean of the Streams of Story, book 1, wave 1 (taranga 1 of 124).
From the original text · Kathasaritsagara (Ocean of the Streams of Stories)
Ocean of the Streams of Story, book 2, wave 1 (taranga 9 of 124).
From the original text · Kathasaritsagara (Ocean of the Streams of Stories)
Ocean of the Streams of Story, book 3, wave 1 (taranga 15 of 124).
From the original text · Kathasaritsagara (Ocean of the Streams of Stories)
Ocean of the Streams of Story, book 4, wave 1 (taranga 21 of 124).
From the original text · Kathasaritsagara (Ocean of the Streams of Stories)
Ocean of the Streams of Story, book 5, wave 1 (taranga 24 of 124).
From the original text · Kathasaritsagara (Ocean of the Streams of Stories)
Ocean of the Streams of Story, book 6, wave 1 (taranga 27 of 124).
From the original text · Kathasaritsagara (Ocean of the Streams of Stories)
Ocean of the Streams of Story, book 7, wave 1 (taranga 35 of 124).
From the original text · Kathasaritsagara (Ocean of the Streams of Stories)
Ocean of the Streams of Story, book 8, wave 1 (taranga 44 of 124).
From the original text · Kathasaritsagara (Ocean of the Streams of Stories)
Ocean of the Streams of Story, book 9, wave 1 (taranga 51 of 124).
From the original text · Kathasaritsagara (Ocean of the Streams of Stories)
Ocean of the Streams of Story, book 10, wave 1 (taranga 57 of 124).
From the original text · Kathasaritsagara (Ocean of the Streams of Stories)
Ocean of the Streams of Story, book 11, wave 1 (taranga 67 of 124).
From the original text · Kathasaritsagara (Ocean of the Streams of Stories)
Ocean of the Streams of Story, book 12, wave 1 (taranga 68 of 124).
From the original text · Kathasaritsagara (Ocean of the Streams of Stories)
Ocean of the Streams of Story, book 13, wave 1 (taranga 104 of 124).
From the original text · Kathasaritsagara (Ocean of the Streams of Stories)
Ocean of the Streams of Story, book 14, wave 1 (taranga 105 of 124).
From the original text · Kathasaritsagara (Ocean of the Streams of Stories)
Ocean of the Streams of Story, book 15, wave 1 (taranga 109 of 124).
From the original text · Kathasaritsagara (Ocean of the Streams of Stories)
Ocean of the Streams of Story, book 16, wave 1 (taranga 111 of 124).
From the original text · Kathasaritsagara (Ocean of the Streams of Stories)
Ocean of the Streams of Story, book 17, wave 1 (taranga 114 of 124).
From the original text · Kathasaritsagara (Ocean of the Streams of Stories)
Ocean of the Streams of Story, book 18, wave 1 (taranga 120 of 124).
From the original text · Kathasaritsagara (Ocean of the Streams of Stories)
Ocean of the Streams of Story, book 1, wave 2 (taranga 2 of 124).
From the original text · Kathasaritsagara (Ocean of the Streams of Stories)
Ocean of the Streams of Story, book 2, wave 2 (taranga 10 of 124).
From the original text · Kathasaritsagara (Ocean of the Streams of Stories)
Ocean of the Streams of Story, book 3, wave 2 (taranga 16 of 124).
From the original text · Kathasaritsagara (Ocean of the Streams of Stories)
Ocean of the Streams of Story, book 4, wave 2 (taranga 22 of 124).
From the original text · Kathasaritsagara (Ocean of the Streams of Stories)
Ocean of the Streams of Story, book 5, wave 2 (taranga 25 of 124).
From the original text · Kathasaritsagara (Ocean of the Streams of Stories)
Ocean of the Streams of Story, book 6, wave 2 (taranga 28 of 124).
From the original text · Kathasaritsagara (Ocean of the Streams of Stories)
Ocean of the Streams of Story, book 7, wave 2 (taranga 36 of 124).
From the original text · Kathasaritsagara (Ocean of the Streams of Stories)
Ocean of the Streams of Story, book 8, wave 2 (taranga 45 of 124).
From the original text · Kathasaritsagara (Ocean of the Streams of Stories)
Ocean of the Streams of Story, book 9, wave 2 (taranga 52 of 124).
From the original text · Kathasaritsagara (Ocean of the Streams of Stories)
Ocean of the Streams of Story, book 10, wave 2 (taranga 58 of 124).
From the original text · Kathasaritsagara (Ocean of the Streams of Stories)
Ocean of the Streams of Story, book 12, wave 2 (taranga 69 of 124).
From the original text · Kathasaritsagara (Ocean of the Streams of Stories)
Ocean of the Streams of Story, book 14, wave 2 (taranga 106 of 124).
From the original text · Kathasaritsagara (Ocean of the Streams of Stories)
Ocean of the Streams of Story, book 15, wave 2 (taranga 110 of 124).
From the original text · Kathasaritsagara (Ocean of the Streams of Stories)
Ocean of the Streams of Story, book 16, wave 2 (taranga 112 of 124).
From the original text · Kathasaritsagara (Ocean of the Streams of Stories)
Ocean of the Streams of Story, book 17, wave 2 (taranga 115 of 124).
From the original text · Kathasaritsagara (Ocean of the Streams of Stories)
Ocean of the Streams of Story, book 18, wave 2 (taranga 121 of 124).
From the original text · Kathasaritsagara (Ocean of the Streams of Stories)
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