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Stories for Young Children
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Illustrated edition · for young readers · first published by the Central Hindu College, Benares, 1907
- Format
- A5 paperback, 118 pages
- Also as
- Kindle eBook, in full colour
- Illustrations
- 27 colour plates, 35 woodcuts
- ISBN
- [ISBN]
Fifteen per cent of the sale value of each book goes to organisations that support dharma, among them Hindu Fund and Reclaim Temples.
About the book
First printed in 1907 by the Central Hindu College at Benares, Stories for Young Children retells, in short and simple words, stories from the Mahabharata, the Ramayana and the Vishnu Purana: the good King Ranti Deva, Tuladhara and Jajali, Savitri and Yama, the obedience of Puru and of Ramachandra, King Shivi and the pigeon, Prahlada and Narada. Each chapter teaches a virtue, from compassion and harmlessness to forgiveness, truth, patience and love, with a little verse to remember it by.
This edition is newly typeset and proofread page by page against the 1907 printing. It keeps the woodcuts of the first edition and adds a new colour plate for every chapter.
From the pages
A verse to begin with
आचारलक्षणो धर्मः संतस्त्वाचारलक्षणाः ।
acharalakshano dharmah samtastvacharalakshanah
आगमानां हि सर्वेषामाचारः श्रेष्ठ उच्यते ॥
agamanam hi sarveshamacharah shreshtha uchyate
“These words tell us that our conduct must be good, if we wish to serve God. Good conduct is better than all else.”
Mahabharata, Anushasana Parva, civ
the book’s own explanation · Chapter I, Good Conduct
Look inside
A few pages from Chapter I
Good Conduct, as it is printed in this edition.
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Contents
- Good Conduct
- Compassion
- Helpfulness
- Harmlessness
- Tuladhara and Jajali
- The Best Dharma
- Forgiveness
- Control of Anger
- Hospitality
- Service
- Brotherly Love
- Husband and Wife
- Filial Love
- The Obedience of Puru
- The Obedience of Ramachandra
- Reverence to the Aged
- The Duties of Kings and Loyalty
- Aspirations of Youth
- Patience
- Humility
- Truth
- How the Anger of the King Dhritarashtra was Reproved by Krishna
- The Evil of Discord
- The Self-Denial of Madgala
- The Story of Prahlada
- The Story of Narada
- The Mahabharata
The illustrations
Twenty-seven coloured plates
- Good Conduct
- Compassion
- Helpfulness
- Harmlessness
- Tuladhara and Jajali
- The Best Dharma
- Forgiveness
- Control of Anger
- Hospitality
- Service
- Brotherly Love
- Husband and Wife
- Filial Love
- The Obedience of Puru
- The Obedience of Ramachandra
- Reverence to the Aged
- The Duties of Kings and Loyalty
- Aspirations of Youth
- Patience
- Humility
- Truth
- How the Anger of the King Dhritarashtra was Reproved by Krishna
- The Evil of Discord
- The Self-Denial of Madgala
- The Story of Prahlada
- The Story of Narada
- The Mahabharata
Thirty-five woodcuts
The woodcuts of the 1907 printing are kept in this edition.