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Princess Himal and Nagaray or Himal and Nagrai is a very popular Kashmiri folktale about the love between a human princess and a Naga (snake-like) prince. The story is well-known in the region and has many renditions. One version of the story was collected by British reverend James Hinton Knowles and published in his book Folk-Tales of Kashmir. [1]
In this work, readers will find the inclusion of the original Arabic text of Sahih al-Bukhārī, coupled with a literal Urdu translation thoughtfully designed to make the contents more accessible to a diverse readership. The compiler's methodology transcends the confines of Anwar Shah Kashmiri's guidance and insights.
Sindhi folklore (Sindhi: لوڪ ادب) is composed of folk traditions which have developed in Sindh over many centuries.Sindh thus possesses a wealth of folklore, including such well-known components as the traditional Watayo Faqir tales, the legend of Moriro, the epic tale of Dodo Chanesar and material relating to the hero Marui, imbuing it with its own distinctive local colour or flavour in ...
A Dictionary Of Kashmiri Proverbs And Sayings (1888); Folk-Tales Of Kashmir (1893); James Hinton Knowles (1856–1943 [ citation needed ] ) was a British missionary to Kashmir in 19th century. [ 1 ] He had visited Kashmir in the 1880s and authored two important books about Kashmiri language and culture.
Upload file; Search. Search. Appearance. Donate; ... Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Rustom O Sohrab or Rustam-Sohrab is an Urdu play by Agha Hashar Kashmiri ...
Zinda Kaul was also known as MasterJi [2] by his students and friends.. Kaul was born in August 1884 in Habbakadal, a town in Srinagar into a Kashmiri Pandit family. His father, Lakshman Pandit, was indifferent to his formal education and Kaul had to face many difficulties in his life.
Kashmiri has split ergativity and the unusual verb-second word order. Although Kashmiri was traditionally written in the Sharda script, [16] [17] [18] it is not in common use today, except for religious ceremonies of the Kashmiri Pandits. [19] Today it is written in Perso-Arabic and Devanagari scripts (with some modifications). [20]
It was named Sheshnag because Sheshanaga (Śeṣanāga) is the nagaraja or King of all Nāgas and one of the primal beings of creation in Hinduism. An hour's drive away from Srinagar city lies a fabled spring from a popular Kashmiri folk tale, “Himal and Nagrai”. A stone marker there commemorates the lore and with it, the original ...