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  2. Nepali Lok Katha - Wikipedia

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    Nepali Lok Katha (Nepali: नेपाली लोककथा, lit. 'Nepalese folk tales') is a Nepali-language folk tales collection by Tulasi Diwasa. It was published in 2031 BS (1974 -1975 CE) by Nepali Rajakiya Pragya Pratisthan. [1] It consists of folktales form various regions and languages across Nepal.

  3. Laghu-Prabandha-Saṅgraha - Wikipedia

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    Laghu-Prabandha-Saṅgraha is a 13th century Sanskrit-language collection of stories (prabandhas) from India. An anonymous work, it features stories about several Jain authors and royal patrons, mainly from the Chaulukya kingdom of present-day Gujarat .

  4. Katha (storytelling format) - Wikipedia

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    Katha (or Kathya) is an Indian style of religious storytelling, performances of which are a ritual event in Hinduism. It often involves priest -narrators ( kathavachak or vyas ) who recite stories from Hindu religious texts , such as the Puranas , the Ramayana or Bhagavata Purana , followed by a commentary ( Pravachan ).

  5. Nepali literature - Wikipedia

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    It is thought that Nepali literature had existed in verbal folklore for hundreds of years; however, manuscripts are difficult to come across. Among the earliest examples of the Nepali language are inscriptions in stone and copper plates, such as the stone inscription at Dullu, dated to the late 14th century AD. [2]

  6. Manu Brajaki - Wikipedia

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    Chetman Singh Bhandari, better known as Manu Brajaki (Nepali: मनु ब्राजाकी; 1942-2018) was a Nepalese writer. [1] [2] He wrote multiple short stories and gazal in his lifetime.

  7. Brihat Jataka - Wikipedia

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    A Brihajjataka manuscript copied in Nepal in 1399 CE in the Nepalaksara script; now at the Cambridge University Library.. Brihat Jataka is considered a standard textbook on Vedic astrology, [2] and sometimes described as "India's foremost astrological text".

  8. Short story - Wikipedia

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    As a concentrated, concise form of narrative and descriptive prose fiction, the short story has been theorised about through the traditional elements of dramatic structure: exposition (the introduction of setting, situation, and main characters), complication (the event that introduces the conflict), rising action, crisis (the decisive moment ...

  9. List of historic Indian texts - Wikipedia

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    present form c.800 BCE for Mahabharata and c.300 BCE for Ramayana Pāli Canon: Essential collections of teachings of Shakyamuni Buddha, as written by his followers, three centuries later. Tripiṭaka: Puranas: Historic texts (usually about a royal lineage or local legends) - written by court-appointed historians.