Week 11 More Jataka Reading Part B

Source: More Jataka Tales by Ellen C. Babbitt

How the Monkey Saved His Troops

- Monkeys gather mangoes from underneath a tree
- A King discovers the mango
- The King collects all the monkeys mangos
- The monkeys grab mangos from the branches which upsets the King, so he requests the monkeys be shot down
- The chief monkeys lets the other monkeys climb over his back to escape
- The King sees what the chief monkey did and promises he will take care of him

The Hawks and Their Friends

- Hawks live on an island. Lions live on the north side,, a Kingfisher on the east and a turtle on the south.
- The mother suggests they make friends with all the other
- Hunters are in the forest and they see the hawks
- The hawks go to the Kingfisher for help and he comes
- The Kingfisher gets tired so the mother tells the father to get help from the turtle
- He comes to help
- The hunters start to hunt the turtle instead
- The turtle has to run to avoid being eaten so the hawks go to the lion
- The hunters go running and the friends all live

The Brave Little Bowman

- The bowman has a crooked back
- He goes looking for a big man so he can go into battle
- They join the kings army
- The King sends them to hunt down a tiger
- The bowman gets him
- They kill a buffalo too
- The King goes to battle
- The big man got too scared and ran away
- The Little Bowman continued to fight and made him the chief of the army

The Foolhardy Wolf

- A lion kills a buffalo
- A hungry wolf offers to be the lions servant and the lion accepts
- The wolf tells the lion if there's animals he can hunt or not
- The wolf is feed well and grows in size
- He tells the lion to trade places with him and tell him when he sees an elephant
- The lion agrees
- The wolf fails and is killed by the elephant instead

The Stolen Plow

- Two traders are from a small town and a large town
- The small town trader leaves a plow with the large town one and he sells it and lies about selling it
- The village trader leaves the towns trader with a friend
- the village trader lies about his whereabouts and they both go to court
- the court orders the town trader to give back the plow to the village trader and then he can get his son back

The Lion in Bad Company

- A young lion lets a wolf live with him against the warnings he knows too well
- The lion's dad doesn't like the arrangement
- the wolf wants to eat a pony and convinces the lion to do it
- He becomes addicted to eating the King's ponies
- the lion goes to the stables to eat the ponies and ends up getting shot. The wolf abandons him

The Wise Goat and the Wolf

-There's one goat the wolves can't catch
- A wolf and his mate devise a trick to get her
- The goat is hesitant but eventually comes to help
- The mate messes up and the goat sees this
- They try another trick but the goat decides to trick them instead
- She asks to bring hounds with her and she never hears from the wolves again

Prince Wicked and the Grateful

- Prince Wicked is awful and everyone is worried what will happen when he's King
- The servants pretend they didn't abandon him
- The King searches for him
- Prince Wicked finds a log along with a snake and a rat
- A poor old man goes to save him
- The poor old man helps the animals first
- The prince hates him for that
- The animals offer him goods when they leave
- The prince offers him riches when he's King, and soon after his father dies
- The old man goes to see if the 4 will keep their promises, the animals do but he doesn't take it. The prince tries to kill him
- The people hear the story and get scared, so they kill the king and let the poor man be king
- He treats the animals well after that and they live happily ever after

Beauty and the Brownie

-  There's two sibling deer named Beauty and Brownie
- Their parents advise they go away while corn is being ripened because it's dangerous
- Beauty takes his herd away from the village and travels by night as advised and his herd makes it
- Brownie ends up taking his herd the wrong way twice and many die

The Elephant and the Dog

- There's an elephant and a dog who are good friends. They eventually are allowed to live together. Then the dog gets sold and the elephant becomes very very sad. To make the elephant feel better, the King brings the dog back and they all live happily ever after

Lion and the Wolf from Source

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Week 11 Readings: More Jakata Readings Part A

Source: More Jataka Tales by Ellen C. Babbitt

The Girl Monkey and the String of Pearls

- A King's family all go down to the lake and the queen laves her jewelry unattended
- A girl monkey really wants the pearls
- The servant watching the jewelry falls asleep
- The monkey hides the pearls
- The main guard realizes a girl monkey must've taken the pearls
- The guards try to trick the monkey into leaving the pearls when she has a strand of beads
- The girl monkey shows off her pearls and the guard takes the pearls back

The Three Fishes

- Three fishes named Thoughtful, Very-Thoughtful (VT) and Thoughtless.
- They go close to a town and VT warns the other two fishes of the danger they're in
- Thoughtful and Thoughtless don't see where the fisherman's net
- VT goes to save them and succeeds by outsmarting the fisherman
- They all finally return to their old home

The Tricky Wolf and the Rats

- There's a rat chief
- The wolf wants to eat as many rats as possible
- He decides to stand near the rats home on his hind legs with his mouth wide open
- The chief of the rats pities the wolves and talks to him
- The wolf would eat the last rat whenever they left
- The chief rats go last the last time but he doesn't get caught
- The chief of rats bites the wolves neck and he die

The Woodpecker, Turtle, and Deer

- All three animals are friends
- The deer gets caught by a hunter but the woodpecker and turtle help his escape
- The turtle gnaws at the leather until his teeth are gone and he's bleeding
- He was so weak the Hunter captured him
- The deer decides to help him and leads the hunter into the forest
- They all escape the hunter and live together happily

The Golden Goose

- There was a goose with golden feathers and a poor women with two daughters
- The goose gives her one of his feathers
- The mother decides to get all the gooses feathers in fear that he'll go away one day and they'll be poor again
- If his feathers are plucked they aren't golden anymore, so the feathers are just white
- He goes away after the abuse and never returns

The Stupid Monkeys

- The King declared a holiday for his people
- The gardeners gets the monkey to water for him so he can have a day off
- The monkeys pull up the roots of the trees to see if they had been watered enough
- The monkeys kill all the young trees

The Cunning Wolf

- The town had a holiday and they all went to the forest with tons of food
- A man tries to kill fresh meat so he lies on the ground to trick them
- The King of Wolves creeps towards him
- The man tries to kill the wolf but misses and walks away empty handed

The Penny-Wise Monkey

- A King goes to try and takeover a small country
- A monkey steals the army's horse's peas
- One pea falls to the ground and the monkey drops all the other peas to get that one
- The king learns not to lose what he has to gain so little and turns around

The Red-Bud Tree

- 4 princes are told about the red-bud tree. They all wish they had seen one
- The eldest prince goes early in the spring when there are no blooms
- The second prince sees the red buds
- The third prince sees the green buds
- The youngest prince sees bean-pods
- The princes argue over the tree but the King tells them they just saw it at different seasons

The Woodpecker and the Lion

- A lion gets his bone caught in his throat and it hurts terribly
- A woodpecker offers to help him
- The woodpecker puts a stick between his upper and lower mouth so that he can't be eaten
- The lion feels much better, but doesn't thank the woodpecker
- When the woodpecker asks for favor and the lion says the favor was to not eat him
- The woodpecker stays away

The Otters and the Wolf

- A wolf desperately wants fresh fish
- Two otters are in a river, one goes for a fish but the fish is too strong and he gets pulled away
- They work together to get the fish and then split it between themselves
- The wolf divides the fish they are fighting about and takes the best part for himself
- He gives the fish to his mate

Lion from Source

Week 10 Reading (Extra Credit): Jakata Tales Babbitt Part B

The Wise and Foolish Merchant

- A thrifty merchant ended up buying wears to sell and a stupid young merchant bought goods in the same city. The started at the same time

- The young merchant goes first because he thinks he'll get the first pick of everything

- The thrifty merchant is okay with that because he'll smooth out the roads

- A demon sees the merchant and wants to overcome him so he empties his water

- The foolish merchant empties the water completely and there was no water to be found

- The demons meet the thrifty merchant as well and doesn't throw away his water

- the demons don't bother the thrifty merchant and he leaves with the foolish merchant's goods

The Elephant Girly-face

- Girly-face is named because he is so gentle, good and looked so kind

- Robbers break into Girly-face's home and plans to kill Girly-face's owners

- Girly-face learns from the cruel robbers and he kills his keeper the next morning

- He keeps getting fed but no one will approach him

- A wise man discovers that Girly-face learned from the robbers

- They plant some good men to tell Girly-face how to act and it works

The Banyan Deer

- There was a deer that was golden in color, that looked beautiful. 

- The King of the county liked to eat deer meat

- A deer park is made so the King can hunt

- He allows the Deer Kings to live

- The two deer kings talk about how they need to save themselves

- They give one deer up a day

-One day the lot falls on a mother with a young baby

- The Kings aren't kind and forces her to die

- The King of the Banyan Deer goes in her place

- The King sees the Kings sacrifice and stops hunting deer

The Princes and the Water-Sprite

- 3 princes: Prince of the Stars, Moon Prince and Sun Prince

- The queen is given whatever boon she wants

- She asks for the youngest son to get the kingdom, but the king refused

- He worries for the older two princes so he sends them away until he dies

- The youngest prince goes with them

- A water-sprite was given the pond and if people could answer "What are Good Fairies like?" they weren't in her power

- The Sun Prince tries and gets carried into the cave, so does the Moon Prince

- The Prince of the Stars answeres it correctly and he gets one of his brothers back 

- He asks for his youngest brother

- His answer means that both brothers come back

- The eldest brother inherits the throne once his father dies

The King's White Elephant

- Three carpenters are approached by a limping elephant

- They help him remove his splinter and wash his wound

- He goes to help the carpenters

- Once he's too old, he asks his son to help them instead

- His son is the white elephant

- His son would play with the carpenters children

- The King sees the white elephant and takes him back to palace and he lives a good life

The Ox Who Never Envied the Pig

- There's an ox and his brother called Big Red and Little Red

- the pigs are ordered to be fattened for the wedding feast

- Little Red is jealous the pigs are being fed well

- Big Red tells his brother why

Grannie's Blackie

- a man gave a woman a baby elephant and she takes good care of him

- The Elephant is called "Granny's Blackie"

- Blackie plays with the children

- Blackie never does work, only plays

- Blackie wants to help Granny with money

- Blackie works to pull wagons to get money for Granny

- The man only pays Blackie half of what she is owed and he's upset

- He doesn't move and Blackie is paid what he is owed

- Granny is pleased with Blackie

The Crab and the Crane

- A crane tricks fish into "going to a new lake" when they really get eaten. The crab notices and tricks the crane instead and the crane dies

Why the Owl is Not the King of Birds

- A tale about owls and crows

- Everyone chooses kings to rule over them, so the birds must choose

- The birds decide to make the owl the King of Birds

- The crow points out how sour and cross the owl looks

- They fight and have been enemies ever since

- Turtle Doves are chosen as the king of birds

Source: Jataka Tales by Ellen C. Babbitt (Image too)

Girly-face being Examined from Source (see above)

Week 10 Reading: Babbitt Jataka Tales Part A

Monkey and the Crocodile:

- We read this story as part of week 1 of reading
- This version it's the crocodile's mother that wants the heart of the monkey
- Monkey agrees to crocodile's ride
- Crocodile lets Monkey breathe just to tell him he's going to kill him
- Monkey tricks Crocodile into thinking that his heart is a fruit
- Crocodile finds Monkey later
- the Crocodile pretends to be a rock and the monkey calls for it
- When Crocodile answers, the monkey says hello to him
- The Monkey convinces the crocodile to open his mouth so his eyes close
-He jumps over the crocodile

How the Turtle Saved His Own Life

- the princes get scared of the turtle in the lake, thinking it's a demon
- The king orders the demon be caught and killed
- An old man who's scared of water suggests throwing him in the water
- The turtle begs not for that one and is thrown into the water, only to be safe

The Merchant of Seri

- merchant goes from town to town selling brass and tinware with a second greedy man
- There was an old women who has a golden bowl who doesn't know it's a golden bowl
- the granddaughter begs her grandmother for something and suggests she trades the bowl
- The greedy merchant pretended not to be interested in the bowl so he leaves it
- the other merchant sees the bowl and tells them he can't buy that bowl
- He buys the bowl for all that he has and then crosses the river
- the greedy merchant comes back to find the bowl is gone


The Turtle who Couldn't Stop Talking

- There was two geese who befriend a turtle and ask him to fly back home with them
- They devise a way for the turtle to be able to fly but it only works if the turtle doesn't speak
- Kids make fun of their way and the turtle goes to defend his friends but he falls to his death
- His geese friends keep going

The Ox Who Won the Forfeit

- There was a strong Ox and an owner who constantly bragged about him
- They tie 100 wagons to the ox
- The owner whips his ox and treats him badly so he refuses to go
- The owner loses and has to pay a ton of money
- The ox askes the owner why he whipped him and called him names
- the owner apologizes and the ox offers to do it again
- The owner wins his money this time

The Sandy Road

- A merchant reaches a road that has very hot sand so can only be traveled at night
- They make camp during the day
- The pilot says they will be out of the sand in one more night
- however, the pilot fell asleep and the ox keep going
- when he wakes up they're out of water and lost
- they eventually find water
- they continue on their way

The Quarrel of Quails

- A man earns his living by catching and selling quails
- He can make the same noise as the leader of the quails
- The leader of the quails devises a way to stop so many from being captured
- It works and the man can't catch the quails
- The quails divided themselves into two groups after a fight and neither group wanted to lift the net
- Their fight let to them being sold

The Measure of Rice

- Valuer is an honest man in a dishonest kings court
- He set the price of expensive thing
- the King knew if Valuer was dishonest, he would be richer
- the Valuer gets fired and a new peasant is hired as Valuer
- He buys 500 horses for a measure of rice
- The horse-seller gives the Valuer a present and tells him to tell the king what a measure of rice is worth
- The new Valuer sets the measure of rice as the price of his whole city
- He's laughed out of the city

The Foolish, Timid Rabbit

- The rabbit thinks the world is falling apart and slowly pulls more and more animals into his frenzy until the King Lion stops him and shows him it was merely a coconut that fell from the tree.

Source: Jataka Tales by Ellen C. Babbitt (for picture too)

Monkey from Source (see above)

Week 9 Reading: Nine Ideal Indian Women Part B

Uttara
Source: Nine Ideal Indian Women by: Sunity Devee

- Story from the beginning about the three sisters who all approach Vyasa
- The eldest daughter approaches with her eyes close so her son is blind
- The middle daughter approaches with a pale face and has a pale son
- Youngest is not ashamed because she isn't noble and gives birth to Bidoor
- Goes through the families whole story but in summary form
- The Panduvans go into exile because of the dice game
- They go to Birat Rajah and Princess Uttara is their pride and joy
- Arjun teaches her and after he's discovered Uttara marries his son
- She's really young? Like plays with dolls young?
- The battle for land begins
- Uttara's never been sad or serious
- Her husband jumps at the chance to fight
- Uttara is crying when he finds her and begs him not to fight
- She helps him get ready but sobs the whole time
- They have a very tearful goodbye
- He dies saying Uttara's name
- Uttara faints hearing he's dead
- Krishna offers to be Uttara's child to comfort her
- Uttara doesn't recognize herself
- Parikshit is born
- She wants to die but she's told to take care of Parikshit
- Uttara was a great mother and finally gets to die

Sati
Source: Nine Ideal Indian Women by: Sunity Devee

- Sati youngest of Maharajah Dasku's daughters
- She's her fathers favorite and wants to make the best match
- She devotes her life to Siva
- Her father is angry that's who she wants to marry
- She marries Siva against her father's wishes
- She lives somewhere very nice
- Sati and Siva are opposites but work well
- Daksha Raj is the last to attend an event and his son-in-law doesn't stand for him
- So he throws a party and doesn't invite Siva
- Her sisters arrive and Sati tells them she's not invited
- The sisters ask Siva to let Sati go with them
- Sati begs Siva to let her go and he agrees
- There home and Siva become sad when Sati leaves
- Kuber and his wife dress Sati
- Sati receives the warmest welcome from her mother and her sisters become jealous
-Her father is furious she's arrived
- She chastise her father and his head turns into a goat
- She begs for death and dies
- Siva furious when he finds out
- He nearly causes the end of the world
- Vishnu cuts Sati's body into pieces and wherever a piece falls become holy
- Without the body being a burden, Siva calms down

Uttara from Source

Week 9 Reading: Nine Ideal Indian Women Part A

Savitri
Source: Nine Ideal Indian Women by Sunity Devee

- Savitri is a very famous Indian women
- her parents are upset they have no son
- Savitri named after the goddess that let her parents have her
- She was educated
- She likes ashrans
- She visits a topoban and on the way back she rests and sees a young man dressed like a hermit
- They meet eyes and fall in love
- She finds the hermit again and learns his name is Satyaban
- Her parents realize she's in love with Satyaban and try to figure out how to avoid Savitri getting heartbroken since she can't marry Satyaban
- Narad reveals Satyaban is a good suitor but destine to die in a years time
- Savitri told he will die in a year and she stills wants to marry him
- Her parents beg her to not, for the good of the people, but she refuses
- She wins
- Prince Satyaban thinks Savitri is going back to the topoban with him
- Savitri asks to go too and he agrees
- Savitri gives up everything
- Everyone loves Savitri at the hut
- Savitri goes with Satyaban to get wood
- She knows the time he should die arrives and calls for him to come down from the tree
- He just kind of starts dying and she attempts to nurse him
- He dies and Yom, the Lord of Death, comes for him
- Yom cannot touch her because she's too good
- She follows death because she doesn't want to live
- Yom offers her a wish and she asks for her father-in-laws sight back
- She gets another wish and asks for her father to have a son
- She asks for sons and is given them
- She finally defeats death with her love for her husband
- Her father-in-law gets his kingdom back and shes a princess once more
- Savitri-brata is a vow Indian women make to see they are never widowed

Damayanti
Source: Nine Ideal Indian Women by Sunity Devee

- Bhimsen is sad because he had no child
- He's a good Maharajah who always listens to his people so he's promised a daughter
- The Queen gives birth to Damayanti
- Nal wants to marry Damayanti
- He writes to Damayanti because he loves her
- She gives her heart to him secretly
- She asks her friends for help
- The swan travels to bring their letters to each other
- One of her friends tells her mom who tells her dad
- He is summoned to the palace
- Four gods long to marry Damayanti as well (Indra, Agni, Yom, and Baruna)
- The gods disguise him to let him get in easily to tell the princess that they are interested
- She says she is honored but wants to marry Nal
- Nal tries to convince her otherwise
- The gods decide to test Damayanti's love for Nal with more disguises
- She picks the right Nal and the gods bless their marriage
- Sani befriends Pushkar, Nal's brother, because he's upset Damayanti denied the four gods
- He spoke poorly of Nal and he hates him
- They play dice and Nal loses everything
- Nal tells her he lost everything
- Damayanti isn't upset and suggests they go see her parents
- They go with Nal to the jungle
- Sani mad when he sees they are happy
- Nal gets tricked into leaving by Sani against his will
-Damayanti realizes Nal has left her and cries
- A hunter tries to get her to come to his house but she refuses
- She joins traders but elephants kill them all
- She goes to the Palace of Chedi and becomes a maidservant
- She becomes close to her aunt who bad talks Nal
- She gets discovered by a messenger for her father
- Nal gets lost for many days
- He gets disfigured by the fire and when he comes to his senses he feels like he can't return
- He becomes a driver
- Damayanti hears about his driving and creates a plan to find Nal by saying she'll marry again
- Damayanti sends the children to Nal when he arrives
- Damanyanti asks Nal to cook for her
- They are reunited
- Nal adopted by Damanyanti's family and gets his kingdom back after winning at dice to his brother
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Damayanti from Source

Reading Week 7: Mahabharta Part D

Bhishma Falls
Source: Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie

- Bhishma refuses to kill anyone who's not a women, so Shikhandin is sent with Arjuna
- Arjuna doesn't want to trick him
- Arjuna kills Bhisma and weeps bitterly
- Duryodhana only gets angrier

Drona in Command
Source: Mahabharata, Epics of the Bharatas by Romesh C. Dutt

- Drona now leading the Kuru forces
- Fighting continues
- Many die

Abhimanyu and Jayadratha
Source: Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie

- Jayadratha goes to fight Yudhishthira and they kill his charioteer
- Abhimanyu dies and is described as innocent (he's the son of Arjuna)
- Arjuna kills many the next day, but refuses to kill Drona
- Arjuna kills Jayadratha

Ghatotkacha
Source: Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie

- Torches sent in so the battle can continue into the night
- Arjuna calls for a truce and the warriors sleep on the battlefield
- Ghatotkacha, the son of Bhima, kills many people and fights Karna
- Ghatotkacha dies at the hands of the invincible dart
- Lots of crying in the battle

Death of Drona
Source: Myths of the Hindus and Buddhists by Sister Nivedita

- Bhima kills an elephant named Ashwatthama to make Drona think his son is dead and dishearten him
- Dhrishtadyumna kills Drona is his sadness

Bhima and Duhshasana
Source: Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie

- Yudhishthira and Bhima fight Karna
- Bhima kills Duhsasana and then drinks his blood
- This freaks people out

Arjuna and Karna
Source: Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie

- Arjuna and Karna battle
- Arjuna's bow breaks and he asks Karna to wait, but Karna doesn't
- Karna's chariot gets stuck and he asks Arjuna to pause and he does
- Arjuna hears his son's name and gets angry enough that he just immediately kills Karna

Duryodhana in the Lake
Source: Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie

- The Kauravas retreat and it's suggested they sue for peace
- Duryodhana understands he can't, so the war must continue
- Bhima finds Duryodhana and brings Yudhishthira to him
- Bhima kills Duryodhana and declares Draupadi avenged
- Yudhishthira mad at Bhima because he broke the rules of combat
- Krishna points out the Duryodhana has played dirty frequently.

The Night Raid
Source: Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie and Mahabharata, Epics of the Bharatas by Romesh C. Dutt

- Kripa and Ashwatthaman visit the dying Durodhana
- Ashwatthaman attacks the Pandavas camp
- Drupad, Dhristadyumna, Shikhandin and Draupadi's children all killed
- Duryodhana dies happy

Ashwatthaman's Jewel
Source: Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie

- Draupadi extremely upset
- She asks Bhima for the head of Ashwatthaman
- When told that can't happen, she asks for his jewl instead
- Arjuna gets it for her

Mourning
Source: Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie

- Dhritarashtra mourns the death of his 100 sons
- There's great mourning
- Kunti's happy to see her 5 son but then mourns the dead
- they have a funeral for it

The Pandavas and Bhisma
Source: The Mahabharata, A Summary by John Mandeville Macfie

- the Pandavas visit Bhisma who is waiting for the sun solstice to die
- He tells them a story about the rishi Vishvamitra and the terrible drought
- Yudhishthira is put on the throne
- Bhisma dies with Krishna's permission

King Yudhishthira's Horse
Source: Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie

- It's suggested that Yudhishthira does a horse sacrifice because of all the carnage from the war
- Arjuna and an army follow the horse
- the horse goes many places and gives Arjuna many adventures
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Parikshit
Source: The Mahabharata, A Summary by John Mandeville Macfie and Nine Ideal Indian Women by Sunity Devee

- Ashwatthaman killed the baby of Uttara and Krishna agrees to help her

- Parikshit is born and Uttara wants to die, but Krishna stops her

-Uttara's son becomes king

- Finally Uttara is allowed to die

Horse Sacrifice
Source: Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie

- Yudhishthira lived a life of purity and self-restraint
- He's excited to see Arjuna again
 - The sacrifice ceremony is preformed

The Mongoose
Source: The Story of the Great War by Annie Besant

- A lot of wealth brought to the kingdom after the ceremony
- A mongoose appears before the King
- He tells a story about a poor brahmin and a greedy guest
- They gave the guest everything and were praised for it

The Forest and its Ghosts
Source:  Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie

- Dhritarashtra mourns his firstborn and to the jungle with his queens and Kunti
- the brothers and Draupadi visit
- The ghosts from the battle are summoned by Vyasa
- Many high-born widows choose to die with their husbands that day
- 2 years later, all the elders are dead

Death of Krishna
Source:  Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie

- Pandavas know something bad is going to happen, but don't know what
- Krishna and Balarama leave the city and die in the jungle after a great feast
- Arjuna given a message to help the women wailing for the dead and buries everyone who died

The Pandavas Depart
Source:  Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie

- Yudhishthira divides his kingdom between Parikshit and Yuyutsu
- the Pandavas then go to the jungle and they all die because of their sins
- Yudhishthira says he can't go to heaven without his brothers and his wife
- When told he can't, he begs for the hound to come with him

The Afterlife
Source:  Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie

- Yudhisthira dies and finds Duryodhana and the Kauravas in heaven, but none of his family
- He goes to find them in Hell, but it was all a test
- Yudhishthrina is made a celestial being and enters Swarga
- Krishna, Draupadi and his brothers are all waiting for him

Yudhishthira and a dog from Source

Reading Week 7: Marhabharta Part C

Life in the Forest
Source: Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie

- The princes and Draupadi wander towards the forest
- Yudhishthira is worried about his fate
- Surya gives Yudhishthira food

Krishna's Visit
Source: Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie

- Krishna visits the Pandavas in the forest
- Draupadi complains about how her husbands did nothing
- Yudhishthira tells Draupadi to stop being angry and weeping

Arjuna and Shiva
Source: Myths of the Hindus and Buddhists by Sister Nivedita

- A holy man tells the brothers that Arjuna won't be defeated if he goes to the mountains and obtains the vision of the great god
- He goes to the Himalayas
- Arjuna kills a boar in a strangely quiet forest
- He gets into a fight with a huntsmen, but his body absorbs all the arrows
- The huntsman is the great god and blesses Arjuna

Arjuna and Indra
Source:  Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie

- Arjuna also sees Indra, Varuna, Yama, and Kubera
- Arjuna sees a vision of the celestial Swarga and is trained
- he goes to the city of demons and giants (Huranyapura)  and wrecked the place
- Indra praises him and gives him gifts

The Himalayas
Source:  Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie

- Meanwhile the brothers are still in the forest
- Yudhishthira gets skilled in dice
- They go to Kubera and admire things
- Arjuna rejoins them

Bhima and Hanuman
Source: The Mahabharata, A Summary by John Mandeville Macfie

- Bhima finds a monkey
- He asks the monkey who he is and discovers it's Hanuman and hears about Rama
- He tells him tons of stories
- They embrace before leaving because they're half-brothers

Duryodhana and the Gandharvas
Source: Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie

- Karna sends Duryodhana to spy on the brothers in their exile
- Some of Duryodhana's men fight the brothers and lose
- He's embarrassed by this and decides to end his life
- The gods and goddesses don't want him to die so they care him away
- Karna swears to never eat deer or wash his feet until Arjuna dies
- Spies tell the Pandavas of this

Karna and Indra
Source: Myths of the Hindus and Buddhists by Sister Nivedita

- Indra becomes worried about Arjuna
- Indra asks Karna for his tokens of invincibility
- Karna agrees for the trade of one invincible dart called Vasava

Jayadratha and Draupadi
Source:  Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie

- Jayadratha takes Draupadi away in chariot
- Jayadratha is married to the sister of Duryodhana
- Bhima cutes off Jayadratha's hair except five locks and is declared a slave

Riddles at the Lake
Source:  Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie

- Nakula sent to find water and he does, drinking it without answering the riddle and dies
- Arjuna, Bhima, and Sahadeva also all die
- Yudhishthira answers the riddles
- The riddles were given by Dharma, Yudhishthira's father.
- Yudhishthira has two wishes and he brings his brothesr back and asks they get power to remain unrecognized for a year

The Court of King Virata
Source:  Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie

- The Pandavas go to Virata and find favor in the eyes of the rajah
- They bond with the royals
- Bhima becomes a great wrestler

Bhima and Kichaka
Source: The Indian Heroes by C. A. Kincaid

- Prine Kichaka falls in love with the serving maid Sairandhri
- He tries to love her but she escapes and ends up chasing her
- She goes straight to the King and complains, but the King ignores her pleas
- Bhima promises her he'll slay him
- He tells Draupadi to tell everyone Bhima caught them together and that's why he died

The Cattle Raid
Source: Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie

- Rajah of Trigartis plots to take over the city of Virata
- Duryodhana agrees to help
- They stop Uttara and claim that Arjuna was seen before his banishment ended
- Arjuna blows the war shell he was given
- Arjuna given Uttara as a prize

Preparations for War
Source: Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie

- Everyone is at a wedding
- Krishna praises Yudhishthira
- They all go around arguing about Yudhishthira and his banishment

Krishna and His Army
Source: The Story of the Great War by Annie Besant

- Duryodhana visits Arjuna.
- Arjuna asks for Krishna's army
- Shri Krishna says he won't engage in battle
- Krishna agrees to be his charioteer

Krishna's Mission to the Kauravas
Source: Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie

- Sanjaya sent to the Pandavas and is impressed by their army
- Krishna goes to the Kauravas to try and make peace
- They, instead, want to harm him
- An earthquake shakes the palace

Krishna and Karna
Source: Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie

- Krishna meets with Karna
- Karna talks about how bad this war is going to be
- Vidura asks Kunti for peace
- Kunti refuses
- Kunti tells Karna she's his mother
- Karna agrees he will only attack Arjuna, but either way one will die

The Armies at Kurukshetra
Source: Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie

- The battle begins
- Dhrishtadyumna leads the Pandavas army
- Duryodhana's army is larger
- Yuyutsu joins Yudhishthira

Bhagavad-Gita
Source: The Song Celestial; Or, Bhagavad-Gita by Edwin Arnold

- Arjuna and Krishna prepare for battle

The Battle Begins
Source: Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie

- The war shells and drums start the war
- Kauravas have the first advantage
- Fighting goes on for days
- By day five, the Pandavas are winning
- By day eight, the battle turns towards the Pandavas

Ghatotkacha from Source

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The House of Fire
Source: The Indian Heroes by C. A. Kincaid

- Prince Vidura guessed Durodhana's plot
- His mother was a slave
- Prince Yudhishthira sees everything is coated in oil and warns his mother and brothers
- The mother and brothers escape and Bhima goes back to get revenge on the man planning to set the house on fire
- The neighboring house caught flame and the mother and 5 sons that the princes had let stay there died
- The people saw the bodies and assumed it was the Pandavas
- King Dhritarashtra and them rejoice

Bhima and Hidimba
Source: Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie

- Bhima carries them all through the forest
- A rakshasa women falls for Bhima
- Bhima defeats his angry brother

Bhima and Hidimbi
Source: Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie

- the Pandavas awake up
- Arjuna offers to help but Bhima turns it down
- The brothers debate killing the rakshasa
- Kunti convinces Bhima to take her as his bride
- the women has a son named Ghatotkacha, who grows fast

Bhima and Baka
Source: The Indian Heroes by C. A. Kincaid

- The group leaves Bhima and goes to Ekachakra
- Family they are staying with arguing over who is going to leave
- Baka is ruining the town
- Bhima comes to help
- Bhima kills Baka

Birth of Draupadi
Source: Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie

- The Pandavas study the Vedas
- The story of Drupada's son being born
- The Queen wasn't ready for the sacrificial rite for children so asked the to stall
- When they couldn't, a son was burst from the flames and was fully clad in armor and then a beautiful daughter
- Draupadi is the daughter, Dhristadyumna is the son
- The Pandavas go to try and win her

Draupadi's Swayamwara
Source: Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie

- Drupada wants Arjuna to be her husband
- he sets up a competition rigged so that Arjuna would win
- Arjuna wins and wins Draupadi

Wife of the Five Pandavas
Source: Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie

- Kunti makes the boys share their winnings, even though it is the girl
- everyone allows her to be shared

The Story of Nalayani
Source: Notes of a Study of the Preliminary Chapters of the Mahabharata by V. Bentatachellum

- Drupada is concerned with his daughter having five husbands

- Vyasa explains that she was made to have five husbands

Indraprastha
Source: Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie

- Duryodhana finds out about alliance with Drupada
- He demands war, the elders demand peace and the elders win
- Dhritarashtra splits kingdom between his sons and nephews
- The princes make a city called Indraprastha

Arjuna and Ulupi
Source: Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie

- Arjuna breaks compact between them to get his weapons to stop a cattle robber
- Because of his he says he needs to be exiled for 12 years, even though Yudhishtra says its okay
- He wanders, finds a wife, and they have a child

Arjuna and the Apsaras
Source: The Indian Heroes by C. A. Kincaid

- A gator bit his leg and he began to drown
- He takes the gator to shore and presses his hands into it's eyes
- It turns out to be a nymph
- She tells the story of her curse and Arjuna and her go and free all of them


Arjuna and Chitra
Source: Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie and Chitra by Rabindranath Tagore

- Arjuna finds another girl, marries her, gives her a son so her father can have an heir and then leaves

Arjuna and Subhadra
Source: Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie

- Subhadra is another girl he marries but abducting her
- This upsets Balarama, her father, because she was going to be given to Duryodhana
- Balarama is calmed and invites them back for a real wedding
- Subhadra and Draupadi make friends

The Burning of the Forest
Source: The Mahabharata, A Summary by John Mandeville Macfie

- The wives get drunk and give things away
- Agni approaches the princes and asks them for the forest
- They agree in exchange for celestial weapons
- There's a big war with Indra, which Indra loses and the forest burns and few animals escape

Maya's Palace
Source: The Mahabharata, A Summary by John Mandeville Macfie and Vyasa's Mahabharata translated by Kisari Mohan Ganguli

- Maya is so thankful to Arjuna for saving his life he builds him a beautiful palace that would make the gods jealous

The Pandavas Victorious
Source:  Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie

- The Pandavas become more powerful and eventually the over taken Yudhishtra
-Kishna kills Sishupala
- they all swear to peace

The Gambling Match
Source:  Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie

-Duryodhana jealous again
- He defeats Yudhishtra in dice
- Draupadi won by Duryodhana in the dice match
- Vidura is extremely upset

Draupadi Lost
Source: Mahabharata, Epic of the Bharatas by Romesh C. Dutt

- Draupadi is upset that she was gambled and refuses to be gambled away
- This upsets him
- Doyradhana scares her

Draupadi in the Assembly Hall
Source:  Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie

- Draupadi begs for protection
- Her husbands get vengeful
- Duhshasana wants to strip her naked in front of everyone
- The brothers all rally together to get their revenge and protect their wife

The Second Match
Source: Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie

- Draupadi's father is angered
- The Kauravas worried the Pandavas will wage war because they are so upset
- Draupadi sent away and swears to not touch her hair until Bhima brings his revenge

Duryodhana in the Palace from Source