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9780814716830 Academic Inspection Copy
  • Handsome Nanda

  • Offers a collection of animal fables that are interwoven with human stories, designed to instruct wayward princes. This title also contains the compact version of King Vikrama's Adventures, thirty-two tales about a generous emperor, told by thirty-two statuettes adorning his lion-throne.
  • ISBN-13: 9780814716830 (Hardback)
  • Publisher: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
    Imprint: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
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    AUD $51.99
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  • Local release date: 14/11/2007
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  • Categories: Myth & legend told as fiction [FQ]
9780814757376 Academic Inspection Copy
  • Mahabharata Book Nine (Volume 2)

  • Shalya
  • In one of the most famous passages in the Mahabharata, Duryodhana, the heroic but flawed king of the Kauravas, meets his end when he is dishonorably defeated in battle by his arch-enemy, Bhima.
  • ISBN-13: 9780814757376 (Hardback)
  • Publisher: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
    Imprint: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • Price:
    AUD $54.99
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  • Local release date: 14/11/2007
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  • Categories: Myth & legend told as fiction [FQ]
9780814799819 Academic Inspection Copy
9780814731833 Academic Inspection Copy
  • Mahabharata Book Four

  • Virata
  • The Pandavas believe they have completed the terms of their exile, though Duryodhana claims that they did not live unknown for the full thirteenth year, since Arjuna was recognized in the battle at the end of the preceding book, Virata. This volume constantly highlights the inevitability of conflict and the futility of negotiation.
  • ISBN-13: 9780814731833 (Hardback)
  • Publisher: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
    Imprint: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
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    AUD $54.99
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  • Local release date: 03/03/2007
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  • Categories: Myth & legend told as fiction [FQ]Hinduism [HRG]Sacred texts [HRLC]
9780826337306 Academic Inspection Copy
  • Coyote and the Sky

  • How the Sun, Moon, and Stars Began
  • According to Santa Ana Pueblo legend, the animals' spirit Leader created the sun, moon, and stars by using woven yucca mats and hot coals. He selected certain animals to climb from their homes in the Third World up to the Fourth World. The Squirrel, the Rabbit, and the Badger were all allowed to go. The Coyote, however, was forbidden to accompany ......
  • ISBN-13: 9780826337306 (Hardback)
  • Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PRESS
    Imprint: UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PRESS
  • Price:
    AUD $46.99
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  • Local release date: 13/02/2007
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9780814762080 Academic Inspection Copy
  • Five Discourses of Worldly Wisdom

  • The king despairs of his idle sons, so he hires a learned brahmin who promises to make their lessons in statecraft unmissable. The lessons are disguised as short stories, featuring mainly animal protagonists.
  • ISBN-13: 9780814762080 (Hardback)
  • Publisher: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
    Imprint: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
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    AUD $54.99
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  • Local release date: 01/07/2006
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9780292707870 Academic Inspection Copy
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