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Dhon Cholecha. Dhon Cholechā ( Nepali: धोन चोलेचा) is a Nepalese folk tale about a little girl and an old nanny goat. It is the most well known children's story in Newar society of the Kathmandu Valley. It tells about a little girl named Punthakhu Mainchā (पुन्थखु मैंचा) and the ill treatment she ...
The Sparrow's Lost Bean. The Sparrow's Lost Bean (Nepal Bhasa: चखुंचायागु तंगु कयगू, Chakhunchāyāgu Tangu Kaygu) is a Nepalese folk tale that ranks among the most popular children's stories told among the Newars of Nepal Mandala. [1]
It is not easy to trace out the origins of the Telugu folk literature, for that matter any folk literature.It is as difficult as tracing the origin of a language. In other words, one can argue that the origin and existence of any folk literature can be a parallel phenomenon along with that language, because the folk expressive traditions of any ethnic group are much earlier than the language ...
Budhahang, legendary Kirati king who could stop movement of sun [ 3] Chhauda, a child ghost [ 4] Kichkandi, type a female ghost. [ 5] Lakhey and Majipa Lakhey, types of demon. [ 6] Masan, a demon [ 2] Murkatta, a headless ghost with eyes and mouth in chest [ 7] Yeti, an ape -like creature purported to inhabit the mountains of Nepal.
Ananda-raghava is a drama on the Ramayana theme. Its author Rajacudamani Diksita was the son of Srinivasa and Kamakshi and was patronised by king Raghunatha of Tanjore. He flourished in the last part of the 16th century. Anandaraghava describes in five acts the story of Rama from his marriage to coronation.
Maithili-speaking region of India and Nepal. Maithili (English: / ˈmaɪtɪli /, [ 4 ]Hindi pronunciation: [/mɛːt̪ʱili/]) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in parts of India and Nepal. It is native to the Mithila region, which encompasses parts of the Indian states of Bihar and Jharkhand as well as the Nepal's Koshi and Madhesh Provinces.
A 19th-century painting depicting the act of sati. Sati or suttee was a Hindu historical practice in which a widow sacrifices herself by sitting atop her deceased husband 's funeral pyre. It has been linked to related Hindu practices in regions of India. Greek sources from around c. 300 BCE make isolated mention of sati, but it likely developed ...
Upanayana (Sanskrit: उपनयन, romanized: upanayana, lit. 'initiation') is a Hindu educational sacrament, [2] one of the traditional saṃskāras or rites of passage that marked the acceptance of a student by a preceptor, such as a guru or acharya, and an individual's initiation into a school in Hinduism.