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Comics :: Amar Chitra Katha :: Regular Titles Sets[Regular Titles] Assorted Indian Mythology Regular Titles Set: Part 1 (20 Books)
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Availability: Available
Edition: Paperback
Language: English
Author: Anant Pai
Year: 2005
Publisher: India Book House Pvt. Ltd.
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This is an assorted selection of 20 Amar Chitra Katha Regular Titles. They will be picked from the selection of Amar Chitra Katha Regular Titles listed below. This set is guaranteed to have no duplicates.
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Krishna is the most endearing and ennobling character in Indian mythology. He is at once the common cowherd engaging the milkmaids in playful banter and the supreme intellectual engaged in the exposition of the continued ... |
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Hanuman, the son of Pavana and Anjana, was born a monkey and yet attained a prominent place among the Hindu Gods, by his sterling character.
Hanuman's unflinching devotion to Rama has made him the greatest of continued ... |
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The story of Rama and Sita was first set down by the sage Valmiki in his epic poem "Ramayana".
Rama was the eldest son of Dasharatha, the king of Ayodhya, who had three wives- Kaushalya, Kaikeyi and Sumitra. R continued ... |
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Ramayana, the earliest epic poem in Sanskrit, is the oldest work of genuine poetry and in that sense its author, the sage Valmiki is known as the "Adi Kavi" or pristine poet.
It is said that the poem gushed ou continued ... |
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Bhagavad-Gita or the Song of the Divine One is a celebrated episode in the epic, Mahabharata. It is the form of a dialogue between Dhritarashtra, the blind king of Hastinapura, and Sanjaya who describes the hap continued ... |
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The story of Nala and Damayanti is one of the episodes narrated in the Mahabharata, the great epic of India. Yudhishthira after losing his all in a game of dice, had to retire to the jungle, along with his brot continued ... |
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No traditional Hindu will launch upon a new undertaking without invoking Ganesha, for it is he, as Vighneshwara, prime remover of obstacles, who clears the path to success. The Sarvajanik puja or public worship continued ... |
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Vishnu, the Preserver, is the second of the Hindu triad. Whenever evil is on the ascendant, Vishnu descends on earth to uphold righteousness and to destroy evil.
The tales of these descents or avatars told in continued ... |
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Hanuman was the chief general of the monkey king, Sugreeva. The story of his adventures, particularly after the monkey army reaches the sea-shore opposite Lanka, is one of the best efforts of pure imagination t continued ... |
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According to the Bhagawat Purana, Narakasura was born of Mother Earth. Yet in his personality he was a brutish beast.
Naraka's deeds were so dark that his name has come down as a symbol of darkness. Many who c continued ... |
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Though references of Indra occur in Hindu scriptures from Vedic times to the medieval age, there has been a gradual erosion in his importance. The Vedic Indra, wielder of the thunderbolt, was among the most imp continued ... |
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Arjuna was as devoted to Krishna as Hanuman was to Rama. Our first story, which is based on a folktale popular in South India, is about the encounter between Arjuna and Hanuman both of whom come to realize that continued ... |
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The encounter between Hanuman, the money hero of the Ramayana and Bheema, the mighty Pandava prince, is one of the most dramatic incidents in the Mahabharata.
Hanuman is the son of Vayu, the wind-god; and Bhee continued ... |
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Valmiki's Sanskrit epic, the Ramayana, has caught the fancy of innumerable minds after him. Poems, plays and novels have been written on the Ramayana theme in almost all the Indian languages.
Krittivasa wrote continued ... |
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The Mahabharata is a gallery of heroes and Karna is the most heroic of them. Fate denied him all his dues. But he fought and achieved all that a man could aspire to have.
He was as much a Pandava prince as any continued ... |
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The sons of Brahma came to the gates of Vishnu's abode. The gatekeepers, Jaya and Vijaya, did not know who they were and refused them entry. The sons of Brahma were enraged and cursed them, "You shall be born t continued ... |
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The sons of Brahma came to the gates of Vishnu's abode. The gatekeepers, Jaya and Vijaya, did not know who they were and refused them entry. The sons of Brahma were enraged and cursed them, "You shall be born t continued ... |
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The story of how the Devas procured the divine nectar and became immortal after drinking it is interesting as well as dramatic.
It was the ocean of milk which was churned. The great mountain Mandara was the st continued ... |
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The story of how the Devas procured the divine nectar and became immortal after drinking it is interesting as well as dramatic.
It was the ocean of milk which was churned. The great mountain Mandara was the st continued ... |
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The Ramayana of Valmiki is considered to be the oldest epic of India. unlike the Mahabharata, the story of Rama has no historical foundation. Yet the poem has become an intrinsic part of Hindu life. The victory continued ... |
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Vali, Sugreeva, and Hanuman have key roles in Valmiki's famous epic, Ramayana, from which our Amar Chitra Katha has been drawn. They were begotten in the monkey tribe by Indra, king of the Devas, Surya, the sun continued ... |
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Garuda is a mythical bird and has been held in great veneration in India from time immemorial. Many Indologists hold that this deity is of Dravidian origin.
A stone flag-post, often covered with a metal plate, continued ... |
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Shiva is the third deity in the Hindu triad. He ought to be the most terrible one because he presides over destruction, whereas Brahma and Vishnu are associated with creation and preservation, respectively. Yet continued ... |
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The Amar Chitra Katha, Dasharatha, has been drawn mainly from Valmiki's famous epic poem, "Ramayana".
Ravana, an evil Rakshasa, had performed severe penances and obtained a boon from Brahma. No celestial being continued ... |
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The Mahabharata, the longest epic poem in the world, consists of about 100,000 slokas or Sanskrit verses. The author, it is said, is Veda Vyasa and Lord Ganesha his scribe. Veda Vyasa was a witness to all the e continued ... |
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The Syamantaka Gem was an ornament of the Sun God. It was a magical charm which had strange effects on its possessor. It did good to a virtuous person and bad to an evil one. When Surya, pleased with his devote continued ... |
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Mahabharata is essentially the story of the Pandavas and their cousins, the Kauravas. Around the theme of their rivalry and feud is built an epic which has sustained the Indian personality over the centuries. continued ... |
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Maryada Rama, the protagonist of these stories is a folk-hero. He is the hero whose image recurs in the folklore of all communities all over the world. The legends and fables, be they from Constantinople, Ispah continued ... |
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The Mother of the Kaurava Princes -
Stories of many great women, their achievements and their sufferings, are recounted in the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. Sita, Kunti, and Draupadi are among the better know continued ... |
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Balarama, Krishna's elder brother, shared all the antics, adventures and deeds of glory of Krishna in childhood. As an adult too, he was second to none in valor, but he chose to remain neutral in the great Maha continued ... |
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The story of Kacha and Devayani appears in the first book of the eighteen that are contained in the Mahabharata. The central theme of the Mahabharata is the 18-day war between the cousins, the Pandavas and the continued ... |
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The "Jaimini Bharata", is attributed to a disciple of Vyasa, Jaimini, who is also said to be the founder of the Purvamimamsa philosophy. The book is a treasure-house of stories of the devotees of Lord Vishnu. T continued ... |
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Yudhishthira, the eldest of the five Pandava princes, was born to Kunti by the grace of Yama. His actions were free from passion and prejudice. He came to be considered the very embodiment of Dharma and was res continued ... |
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