Hitopadesha Book 4

 This is the index of the fourth and the last book of  the Hitopadesha. 

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This contains the posts related to Book 4. 

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Miscellaneous

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Hitopadesha Book 3 Index

 This is the index of the third book of Hitopadesha. 

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This contains the posts related to Book 3. 

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Hitopadesha Book 2 Index

 This is the index of the second book of Hitopadesha. 

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This contains the posts related to Book 2. 

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001	Hitopadesha Book 2 - 0001 - Why a merchant abandoned a bullock in a jungle that scared the king	Coming July 11, 2026
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Miscellaneous

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01	Hitopadesha Book 2 - An Introduction - Why do friendships collapse	Coming July 06, 2026

Hitopodesha Book 1 Index

This is the index of the first book of Hitopadesha. 
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This contains the posts related to Book 1 and as well as the Introductory posts. 

Hitopadesha

S No	Title	Link
001	Hitopadesha - An Introduction	View Post
002	Hitopadesha - The Beginning : How Vishnu Sharma became the teacher for the princes	View Post
003	Hitopadesha Book 1 - 0001 - Laghupatanaka sees the net being placed	View Post
004	Hitopadesha Book 1 - 0002 The Meditating Tiger and the United Pigeons	View Post
005	Hitopadesha Book 1 - 0003 The Deer, the Crow, and the Jackal	View Post
006	Hitopadesha Book 1 - 0004 - The Vulture, The Cat and The Birds - Beyond Sweet Speech	View Post
007	Hitopadesha Book 1 - 0005 The Friendship of Hiranyaka and Laghupatanaka : How a Crow and Mouse Became Good Friends	View Post
008	Hitopadesha Book 1 - 0006 - Hiranyaka and the Ascetic’s Vessel	Coming Jun 06, 2026
009	Hitopadesha Book 1 - 0007 - Why Lilavati Hugged Her Husband: A Study of Intent and Contentment	Coming Jun 13, 2026
010	Hitopadesha Book 1 - 0008  - The Danger of Greed and the Power of Shared Safety	Coming Jun 20, 2026
011	Hitopadesha Book 1 - 0009  - How Tungabal was wounded by the looks of Lavanyavati	Coming Jun 27, 2026
012	Hitopadesha Book 1 - 0010 - How a jackal, a prince, and a mouse all won using strategy	Coming Jul 04, 2026

Miscellaneous

S No	Title	Link
01	The Science of Storytelling in Panchatantra and Hitopadesha	View Post
02	Practicality of Niti Shastra in Today's World	Coming Jun 07, 2026
03	How stories from Book 1 of Hitopadesha reshape our understanding of competencies and life skills	Coming Jul 05, 2026

Hitopadesha Main Page

 While retelling the stories, there are many books that I needed to refer to. Here is a brief list:

• The Hitopadesha (English Translation) by Edwin Arnold.pdf
• Hitopdesh Of Narayan Pandit With Trans. By Rameshvar Bhat Vraj Jivan Prachya Bharati Granth Mala Series No. 18 Chaukhamba
• Hitopadesha (with Hindi Translation) published by Motilal Banarasidas publishers. 
•  A Bengali translation of Hitopadesha. 

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I have decided to split the Hitopadesha index into 4 different parts based on the four books. 

Doing so will resolve any loading issues that may come up, when posts increase , in future. 

The links below will take you to the various books of Hitopadesha.

S. No	Book
1	Book 1: Mitralabha (The Winning of Friends) (From April 25, 2026 - July 05, 2026)
2	Book 2: Suhridbheda (The Loss of Friends) (From July 06, 2026 - )
3	Book 3: Vigraha (War)
4	Book 4: Sandhi (Peace)

Ramayana Adi Kanda Index Part 2

  This is the second part of the Adi Kanda index.

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To go back to the main Ramayana index, please click here.

Chronological Post Index

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Miscellaneous

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Ramayana Adi Kanda Index Part 1

This is the first part of the Adi Kanda index.

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To go back to the main Ramayana index, please click here.

Posts

From Substack

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1	From Vaikuntha to Kailasha: Tale 1 of Adi Kanda of Krittibas Ramayana	View Post
2	Mara to Rama: The Chant That Transformed a Sinner - Tale 2 from Krittibasa Ramayana	View Post
3	Penance of Ratnakar — Rebirth as Valmiki in Krittibas’s Ramayana	View Post
4	The Hunter, the Crane, and the Birth of the Ramayana’s First Verse	View Post
5	Birth of Ramayana	View Post

From Blogger

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0001	Ramayana of Krittivasa - 0006 - Lineages of Chandra and Surya	View Post
0002	Ramayana of Krittivasa - 0007 - The Fall of Danda and the Birth of Harita	View Post
0003	Ramayana of Krittivasa - 0008 - Harishchandra and the Test of Dharma	View Post
0004	Ramayana of Krittivasa - 0009 - The Birth of Sagara’s Sixty Thousand Sons and the Exile of Asamanja	View Post
0005	Ramayana of Krittivasa - 0010 - The Ashvamedha Yagna of King Sagara and the Fate of his Sixty Thousand Sons	View Post
0006	Ramayana of Krittivasa - 0011 - Angshuman’s Journey to Patala and Recovering the Horse	View Post
0007	Ramayana of Krittivasa - 0012 - The Birth of Ganga and the Birth of Bhagiratha	View Post
0008	Ramayana of Krittivasa - 0013 - The Descent of Ganga: Bhagiratha’s Quest and the Gift of Vishnu	Coming June 11, 2026
0009	Ramayana of Krittivasa - 0014 - The Descent of Ganga: The Splitting at Sumeru and Airavata’s Pride Broken	Coming June 18, 2026
0010	Ramayana of Krittivasa - 0015 - From Kailasha to Haridwar: The Flow of Ganga and the Anger of Rishi Jahnu	Coming June 25, 2026
0011	Ramayana of Krittivasa - 0016 - How a crow accidentally granted Kandara liberation	Coming July 02, 2026

Miscellaneous

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1	Krittibasi Ramayan vs Valmiki: Untold Stories from Bengal’s Retelling	View Post
2	Exploring Krittibas's Ramayana: Beyond Valmiki's Version	View Post
3	Ramayana of Krittibas - How Krittibas reordered History for the People	View Post
4	Story of Harishchandra - as told in The Markandeya Purana	View Post
5	Story of Harishchandra - as told in The Devi Bhagavata Purana	View Post
6	The King who was born Boneless: Scriptural Biology and Social Resistance	View Post

Ramayana Adi Kanda Index Part 3

This is the third and the last part of the Adi Kanda index.

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Posts

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Ramayana of Krittibas Adi Kanda Index Page

This is an index of the Adi Kanda.

Valmiki calls the first kanda, Bala Kanda, or the chapter/ section that deals with childhood (of Rama).
Krittibas calls it Adi (the beginning) , the Kanda starts much before the birth of Rama.

To avoid memory issues, I am breaking down and classifying the posts into Kanda and dividing each Kanda into smaller parts.

I am planning to do this for all the kandas.

To go back to the main Ramayana index, please click here.

Note: The image below is just for reference and may not be accurate.

S.No.	Part Name	Detail
1	Adi Kanda Part 1	Posts: From Manifestation of Narayana as Rama till the coronation of Dasharatha.
2	Adi Kanda Part 2	Posts: From Dasharatha's marriage to Kausalya till the birth of Guhaka.
3	Adi Kanda Part 3	Posts: From the birth of Bharata, Lakshmana, and Shatrughna till humbling of Parashurama.

Ramayana of Krittibas Main Page

References

The following references were consulted for this purpose:

• Valmiki Ramayana
• The Ramayana of Valmiki: An Epic of Ancient India: 6 Volumes in 7 parts - Motilal Banarsidass Publications (January 2007 publication)
• Krittivasi Ramayan (Bengali Edition) - Gita Press (2001 edition)
• Apart from this, I have referred to many Purana translations for references.

Index

While I was working on adding rows to the Ramayana index, I realized that the index would keep growing and after a time, there would be memory issues.

So instead of waiting for that to happen, I have decided to break the index into smaller parts.

The index will be divided into Kandas and each Kanda will have subdivisions, such that I do not have more than 40-50 posts per index.

All links will be updated manually on Sundays, so there could be a delay between when the post goes live and when it is updated on the index.

The links below will take you to the respective Kanda.

S. No.	Kanda Name
1	Adi Kanda
2	Ayodhya Kanda
3	Aranya Kanda
4	Sundar Kanda
5	Lanka Kanda
6	Uttar Kanda

Mahabharata Adi Parva Index Part 6

This is the sixth and last part of the Adi Parva index.

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To go back to the main Mahabharata index, please click here.

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Miscellaneous

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Mahabharata Adi Parva Index 5

This is the fifth part of the Adi Parva index.

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To go back to the main Mahabharata index, please click here.

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Miscellaneous

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Mahabharata Adi Kanda Index Part 4

This is the fourth part of the Adi Parva index.

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To go back to the main Mahabharata index, please click here.

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Miscellaneous

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Mahabharata Adi Parva Index Part 3

This is the third part of the Adi Parva index.

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To go back to the main Mahabharata index, please click here.

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Miscellaneous

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Mahabharata Adi Parva Index Part 2

This is the second part of the Adi Parva index.

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To go back to the main Mahabharata index, please click here.

S. No.	Title	Link
01	Mahabharata of Kashidas - 0021 - How Upamanyu and Aruni Gained Their Education	View Post
02	Mahabharata of Kashidas - 0022 - From Earrings to Revenge: The Story of Uttanka	View Post
03	Mahabharata of Kashidas – 0023 - Why Janamejaya Started the Snake Sacrifice	View Post
04	Mahabharata of Kashidas - 0024 - The Snake Sacrifice Begins	View Post
05	Mahabharata of Kashidas - 0025 - How Astika Halted King Janamejaya’s Snake Sacrifice	View Post
06	Mahabharata of Kashidas - 0026 - The Forbidden Yagna and The Dancing Head of Horse	View Post
07	Mahabharata of Kashidas - 0027 - When Vyasa Came to Janamejaya for the Second Time, Along with Vaishampayana	View Post
08	Mahabharata of Kashidas - 0028 - Adi-vamshavatarana Parva: Why the Divine Had To Take Human Form	Coming Jun 09, 2026
09	Mahabharata of Kashidas - 0029 - Genealogy of Creation in the Mahabharata	Coming Jun 16, 2026
10	Mahabharata of Kashidas - 0030 - Dushyanta Meets the Daughter of Rishi Kanva (Part 1)	Coming Jun 23, 2026
11	Mahabharata of Kashidas - 0030 - Indra's Fear, Menaka's Duty, and the Birth and Marriage of Shakuntala (Part 2)	Coming Jun 24, 2026
12	Mahabharata of Kashidas - 0031 - How Shakuntala confronted and challenged Dushyanta	Coming Jun 30, 2026
13	Mahabharata of Kashidas - 0032 - How Did the Dynasty of Chandra Begin	Coming Jul 7, 2026

Miscellaneous

S. No.	Title	Link
1	King Janamejaya: Analyzing Flaws and His Redemption	View Post
2	The 19 Sub-Parvas of Adi Parva: A Summary	View Post
3	How Shakuntala from Mahabharata became a Romantic Heroine	View Post

Mahabharata Adi Parva Index Part 1

This is the first part of the Adi Parva index.

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To go back to the main Mahabharata index, please click here.

This part of the index contains the posts that I had published on Substack.

S. No.	Title	Link
1	Kashidas's Mahabharata: Adi Parva Tale 1 - Sauti & The Sages	View Post
2	Kashidas's Adi Parva: What Sauti Taught the Sages at Naimisharanya	View Post
3	How Puloma's Trauma Gave Birth to Sage Chyavana and a Sacred River	View Post
4	When Love Gives Half a Life: Ruru and Pramadvara’s Story	View Post
5	When Anger Turns to Clarity – Ruru’s Tale	View Post
6	The Hanging Ancestors and the Duty of Lineage	View Post
7	Patience vs. Impatience: A Mahabharata Story of Vinata and Aruna	View Post
8	Samudra Manthana: Kashidas Retelling of the Ocean Churning	View Post
9	When Parvati Challenged Shiva's Renunciation	View Post
10	Neelakantha - The Blue-Throated God	View Post
11	When Shiva Chased Mohini: Amrita, Mohini, and the Deva-Asura Clash	View Post
12	Birth of Garuda, and How Aruna Became the Sun's Charioteer	View Post
13	Garuda's Journey for Amrita Begins	View Post
14	How Two Brothers Became the Elephant and Tortoise	View Post
15	Garuda: The Lord of the Winged Beings	View Post
16	Elapatra Tells the Nagas About the Prophecy of Brahma	View Post
17	Parikshit’s Lapse: Why Shringi Cursed the King	View Post
18	The Fall of King Parikshit	View Post
19	Jaratkaru Leaves His Wife	View Post
20	Birth of Astika	View Post

Miscellaneous

S. No.	Title	Link
1	Bhakti Over Philosophy: Exploring the Bengali Mahabharata of Kashiram Das	View Post
2	Retelling the Mahabharata in Bengali: A Journey	View Post

Mahabharata of Kashidas - Adi Parva

To go to the main Index page of Mahabharata please click here. 

S.No.	Part Name	Detail
1	Adi Parva Part 1	Posts (From beginning till April 18 2026): From Sauti meeting the Rishis till birth of Astika
2	Adi Parva Part 2	Posts (From April 20 - ongoing):  From Upamanyu, Aruni, Uttanka till the quarrel between Sharmistha and Devyani.
3	Adi Parva Part 3	Posts: From Sharmistha becoming a servant of Devyani till the birth of the Pandavas.
4	Adi Parva Part 4	Posts: From Death of Pandu till the clash between Vishvamitra and Vashistha.
5	Adi Parva Part 5	Posts: From Kalmashpad till Arjuna's exile.
6	Adi Parva Part 6	Posts: Arjuna's marriage with Chitrangada till the end of Adi Parva (Arjuna and Krishna saving Maya Danava).

Mahabharata of Kashidas - Index Page

References

The sources consulted for this purpose included, but were not limited to, the following references:

• Mahabharata of Kashidas – Dev Sahitya Kutir Pvt. Ltd. (Kolkata) (2014 edition)
• English Translation of the Mahabharata (Translated into English by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
• Mahabharata of Vyasa (Gita Press) (Hindi) (January 2020)
• The Mahabharata (Set of 10 Volumes) – Bibek Debroy
• Translation of The Mahabharata by Rajshekhar Basu (Bengali) (2018 edition)
• Select Puranas (consulted for cross-referencing and correlations)

Index

While working on adding rows to the Mahabharata index, it became apparent that the index would keep growing and eventually cause memory performance issues.

Instead of waiting for that limitation to occur, the index is being broken down into smaller, distinct parts.

The index is divided by Parvas, and each Parva will contain its own subdivisions to ensure no individual index page exceeds 40 to 50 posts.

All links are updated manually on Sundays, so there may be a brief delay between when an article goes live and when it appears on the index.

The links below navigate directly to the respective Parva index page.

Parvas

S No	Parva Name
1	Adi Parva
2	Sabha Parva
3	Vana Parva
4	Virata Parva
5	Udyoga Parva
6	Bhishma Parva
7	Drona Parva
8	Karna Parva
9	Shalya Parva
10	Sauptika Parva
11	Stri Parva
12	Shanti Parva
13	Anushasana Parva
14	Ashvamedhika Parva
15	Ashramavasika Parva
16	Mausala Parva
17	Mahaprasthanika Parva
18	Svargarohana Parva