ABSTRACT

First Published in 2000. This is Volume XIV of fourteen of a series on India- its language and literature. Collated in 1888, this is a collection of folk-tales by the author who was a missionary who had the primary object in collecting these tales was to obtain some knowledge of Kashmiri, which .is a purely colloquial language; and a secondary object was to ascertain something of the thoughts and ways of the people.

chapter |7 pages

The Seven-Legged Beast. 1

chapter |5 pages

Good King Hatam. 1

chapter |4 pages

Metempsychosis. 1

chapter |9 pages

The Charmed Ring. 1

chapter |3 pages

The Crow-Girl. 1

chapter |9 pages

The Ogress-Queen. 1

chapter |4 pages

The Tale of A Princess. 1

chapter |23 pages

Saiyid and Said. 1

chapter |3 pages

The Cruel Merchant. 1

chapter |3 pages

The Man from Shíráz. 1

chapter |3 pages

The Troublesome Friend. 1

chapter |3 pages

The Wicked Stepmother. 1

chapter |9 pages

True Friendship. 1

chapter |5 pages

Three Blind Men. 1

chapter |10 pages

All for A Paṅsa. 1

chapter |12 pages

Pride Abased. 1

chapter |8 pages

The Two Brothers. 1

chapter |3 pages

The Base Friend. 1

chapter |3 pages

The Clever Jackal. 1

chapter |2 pages

A Stupid Boy. 1

chapter |6 pages

The Brave Princess. 1

chapter |6 pages

The Three Princes. 1

chapter |2 pages

The Diligent King. 1

chapter |2 pages

A Strange Request. 1

chapter |8 pages

The Philosopher's Stone. 1

chapter |2 pages

The Prayerful Faqir. 1

chapter |3 pages

Unity is Strength. 1

chapter |1 pages

The Pir of Phattapur. 1

chapter |2 pages

Their Only Ruby. 1

chapter |2 pages

The Jackal-King. 1

chapter |2 pages

The Story of A Weaver. 1

chapter |5 pages

The Robbers Robbed. 1

chapter |25 pages

The Young Gambling Merchant. 1

His Conversion and After-Adventures.

chapter |3 pages

The Cunning Goldsmith. 1

chapter |9 pages

The Clever Parrot. 1

chapter |1 pages

The Malecontent Cured. 1

chapter |4 pages

The Stupid Peasant. 1

chapter |5 pages

Karm Ya Dharm. 1

chapter |15 pages

Sharaf The Thief. 1

chapter |38 pages

The Shipwrecked Prince. 1

chapter |18 pages

The Wicked Queens 1

chapter |27 pages

The Four Princes. 1

chapter |7 pages

The Jogí's Daughter. 1

chapter |35 pages

Gullálá Sháh 1

chapter |7 pages

Why The Fish Laughed. 1

chapter |14 pages

Nágray and Hímál. 1