Thursday, August 18, 2016

Overview: Cox. Tales of Ancient India.


Title: Tales of Ancient India
Author: Edmund Charles Cox
Year: 1887

Comments: The chapter about Krishna is quite long, and the other chapters are short, just a few pages.

Free Online: See all the links at Freebookapalooza. The links below are to the Hathi Trust edition of the book.

Length: one week. I've divided the reading into two parts: Part A - Part B.

READING A
Krishna:
How Kansa Afflicted the World.
How Kansa Threw Devaki into Prison.
How Krishna was Born.
How Krishna Stole the Milk and Slew the Demons.
How Brahma Stole the Cattle.
How Indra Worshiped Krishna.
How Kansa Invited Krishna and Balarama to Mathura.
How Krishna Went to Mathura.
How Krishna Slew Kansa.
How Krishna Released His Parents.
How Krishna Went Under the Ocean.
How Rukmini Became the Bride of Krishna.

READING B
The Gods:
Varuna.
Ushas.
Indra.
Soma.
Brahma.
Vishnu.
Shiva.
Ganesha.
Savitri.
Vedavati.
Rama.



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