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Baital Pachisi

بیتال پچیسی

by Mazhar Ali Khan Vila مظہر علی خان ولا

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First published 1805

  • 26 chapters
  • Urdu original · 6 translations
  • Urdu original free to read

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The Twenty-Five Tales of the Vetal, told in Urdu by Mazhar Ali Khan Vila in 1803 at Fort William College, Calcutta. King Vikramaditya must carry a corpse that hangs in a tree to a scheming yogi, but the spirit inside it, the Baital, tells him a story on every journey and ends each with a riddle; if the king knows the…

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The Twenty-Five Tales of the Vetal, told in Urdu by Mazhar Ali Khan Vila in 1803 at Fort William College, Calcutta. King Vikramaditya must carry a corpse that hangs in a tree to a scheming yogi, but the spirit inside it, the Baital, tells him a story on every journey and ends each with a riddle; if the king knows the answer and keeps silent, his head will burst, and if he speaks, the corpse flies back to its tree. One of the classics of early Urdu prose. Urdu text with a facing translation; the first two chapters are free to read.

بیتال پچیسی، مظہر علی خان ولا کی تالیف (۱۸۰۳ء، فورٹ ولیم کالج کلکتہ)۔ راجا بکرماجیت ایک درخت سے لٹکی لاش کو ایک جوگی کے پاس لے جاتا ہے اور لاش میں بسا بیتال ہر بار ایک کہانی سنا کر ایک پہیلی پوچھتا ہے۔ اردو متن مع ترجمہ۔

Contents

26 chapters
  1. 1The Beginning: King Bikram and the Baitalابتدائے داستانPublic sample
  2. 2Tale 1: Padmavati and the Lotus Signsپہلی کہانیPublic sample
  3. 3Tale 2: Madhumalti and the Three Suitorsدوسری کہانیUrdu free
  4. 4Tale 3: Birbar the Faithful Servantتیسری کہانیUrdu free
  5. 5Tale 4: The Parrot and the Mainaچوتھی کہانیUrdu free
  6. 6Tale 5: Mahadevi and the Flying Chariotپانچویں کہانیUrdu free
  7. 7Tale 6: The Transposed Headsچھٹی کہانیUrdu free
  8. 8Tale 7: Tribhuvan Sundari and the Four Suitorsساتویں کہانیUrdu free
  9. 9Tale 8: Charmdev and the Woman of the Seaآٹھویں کہانیUrdu free
  10. 10Tale 9: Madansena's Promiseنویں کہانیUrdu free
  11. 11Tale 10: The Three Delicate Queensدسویں کہانیUrdu free
  12. 12Tale 11: The Golden Tree in the Seaگیارھویں کہانیUrdu free
  13. 13Tale 12: The Poisoned Puddingبارھویں کہانیUrdu free
  14. 14Tale 13: The Thief Who Laughed and Weptتیرھویں کہانیUrdu free
  15. 15Tale 14: The Magic Pillچودھویں کہانیUrdu free
  16. 16Tale 15: Jimutavahana and Garudaپندرھویں کہانیUrdu free
  17. 17Tale 16: The King Who Kept His Dharmaسولھویں کہانیUrdu free
  18. 18Tale 17: The Double-Minded Seekerسترھویں کہانیUrdu free
  19. 19Tale 18: The Son of Three Fathersاٹھارھویں کہانیUrdu free
  20. 20Tale 19: The Boy Who Laughed Before Dyingانیسویں کہانیUrdu free
  21. 21Tale 20: Three Who Died of Loveبیسویں کہانیUrdu free
  22. 22Tale 21: The Four Who Made a Lionاکیسویں کہانیUrdu free
  23. 23Tale 22: The Old Yogi in a Young Bodyبائیسویں کہانیUrdu free
  24. 24Tale 23: The Three Fastidious Brahminsتئیسویں کہانیUrdu free
  25. 25Tale 24: The Rejuvenated Hermitچوبیسویں کہانیUrdu free
  26. 26Tale 25: The Insoluble Riddle and the Yogi's Endپچیسویں کہانیUrdu free

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