Showing posts with label Place: Tibet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Place: Tibet. Show all posts

Bryner. Thirteen Tibetan Tankas

Today's free book is Thirteen Tibetan Tankas by Edna Bryner. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Hathi Trust.


I. Tibetan Art and Teaching
II. Stories of Scenes on the Tankas
III. Tibetan Scriptures: the Kanjur and the Tanjur
The Kanjur
The Tanjur
Compilation of the Doctrine
Source and Format of Tibetan Scriptures
IV. Feeding the Tigress
The Dzanglun Story
The Suvarnaprabhasottamasutra Story
Records of the Tigress Story in Medieval Art
V. Three Jatakas From the Kanjur
The Buddha as a Deer, Called Goldenside
The Buddha as a Woodpecker
The Buddha as Visvantara

O'Connor. Folk Tales from Tibet

Today's free book is Folk Tales from Tibet collected by W.F. O'Connor illustrated by a TIbetan artist. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Internet Archive, Hathi Trust, and Google Books.


I. — How the Hare got his Lip Split
II. — The Story of the Tiger and the Man
III. — The Story of Good Faith
IV. — The Story of the Two Neighbours
V. — The Story of the Cat and the Mice
VI. — The Story of the Foolish Young Mussulman
VII. — The Kyang, the Fox, the Wolf and the Hare
VIII. — The Frog and the Crow
IX. — The Hare and the Lions
X. — The Sheep, the Lamb, the Wolf and the Hare
XI — The Story of how the Hare made a Fool of the Wolf
XII. — The Mouse's Three Children
XIII. — The Jackals and the Tiger
XIV. — The Story of the Three Thieves
XV. — The Story of the Boy with the Deformed Head
XVI. — The Prince and the Ogre's Castle
XVII. — The Story of the Stone Lion
XVIII. — The Story of the Lama's Servant
XIX. — The Country of the Mice
XX. — The Story of the Tortoise and the Monkey
XXI. — The Story of Room Bacha and Baki
XXII. — The Story of the Home-bred Boy

Jewett. Wonder Tales from Tibet

Today's free book is Wonder Tales from Tibet by Eleanore Myers Jewett with illustrations by Maurice Day. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Internet Archive, Hathi Trust, and Google Books.


The Clever Prince and the Stupid Brother
The White Bird's Wife
The Promise of Massang
How Six Friends Sought Adventure
The Secret of the Khan's Barber
The Prince with the Golden Mouth
The Strange Adventure of Schalu's Wife
The Fortunes of Shrikantha
Sunshine and Moonshine

Shelton. Tibetan Folk Tales

Today's free book is Tibetan Folk Tales by A. L. Shelton with illustrations by Mildred Bryant. You can find out more about this book in the Tibetan Folk Tales unit of the Myth-Folklore UnTextbook.

For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

This book is available at Sacred Texts Archive.



One: The Wise Bat
Two: The Tiger and the Frog
Three: The Cony Who Got into Bad Company
Four: The Story of the Donkey and the Rock (A Black Tent Story)
Five: Story of the Foolish Head-Man
Six: How the Fox Fell a Victim to His Own Deceit
Seven: The Ingratitude of Man
Eight: Covetousness
Nine: The Wise Carpenter
Ten: The Story of Drashup and the Goddesses
Eleven: How the Louse Got the Black Streak Down His Back
Twelve: The Man and the Ghost
Thirteen: The Wicked Stepmother
Fourteen: The Story of the Two Devils
Fifteen: The Wise Woman
Sixteen: The Three Friends
Seventeen: The Rabbit and Bumblebee Bet
Eighteen: How the Rabbit Killed the Lion
Nineteen: How the King Lost His Great Jewel
Twenty: The Story of the Three Hunters
Twenty-One: The Hunter and the Unicorn
Twenty-Two: The Decision of the Official as to Who Owned the One Hundred Ounces of Silver
Twenty-Three: Story of the Prince's Friend
Twenty-Four: How the Raven Saved the Hunter
Twenty-Five: The Two Thieves. (A Black Tent Story)
Twenty-Six: The Golden Squash. (A Black Tent Story)
Twenty-Seven: The Story of the Bald-Headed Man
Twenty-Eight: The Man with Five Friends with Different Colored Eyes (A Black Tent Story)
Twenty-Nine: The Story of the Violinist
Thirty: How the Sacred Duck Got His Yellow Breast
Thirty-One: The Two Little Cats
Thirty-Two: Story of a Juggler's Tricks
Thirty-Three: How the Wolf, the Fox and the Rabbit Committed a Crime
Thirty-Four: The Pewter Vase
Thirty-Five: A Rabbit Story
Thirty-Six: The Story of a Juggler
Thirty-Seven: The Story of a Turquoise
Thirty-Eight: A Wise Idiot
Thirty-Nine: The Man and the Monkeys
Forty: The Story of the Tree of Life
Forty-One: The Story of the Man with the Goitre
Forty-Two: The Story of the Beggar
Forty-Three: The Wily Poor Man
Forty-Four: The Quarrel of the Five Friends
Forty-Five: The Frugal Woman
Forty-Six: The Story of Yugpacan, the Brahman. From Jaschke
Forty-Seven: The Story of Da Jang. From Amundsen
Forty-Eight: Like unto Solomon. From Jaschke
Forty-Nine: Tibetan Song
Tibetan Music

Ralston. Tibetan Tales from Indian Sources

Today's free book is Tibetan Tales Derived from Indian Sources by Anton Schiefner, translated by W. R. S. Ralston. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

I've put this in the India category here, although it's also relevant for anyone interested in the folklore of Asia!

This book is available at Internet Archive, Hathi Trust, and Google Books.


The links below are to the Internet Archive edition:
  1. King Mandhatar: page image
  2. Kusa Jataka: page image
  3. Adarsamukha : page image
  4. The Clever Thief: page image
  5. Sudhana Avadana: page image
  6. Prince Jivaka: page image
  7. Visakha: page image
  8. Mahaushadha and Visakha: page image
  9. Mahakasyapa and Bhadra: page image
  10. Utpalavarna: page image
  11. Krisa Gautami: page image
  12. Susroni: page image
  13. The Overreached Actor: page image
  14. The Dumb Cripple: page image
  15. Rishyasringa: page image
  16. Visvantara: page image
  17. The Fulfilled Prophecy: page image
  18. The Two Brothers: page image
  19. The Punishment of Avarice: page image
  20. The Magician's Pupil: page image
  21. How a Woman Repays Love: page image
  22. The Flight of the Beasts: page image
  23. The Five Lovers: page image
  24. The Virtuous Animals: page image
  25. The Ichneumon, the Mouse, and the Snake: page image
  26. The Grateful Animals : page image
  27. The Ungrateful Lion: page image
  28. The Tricked Elephant
  29. The Wolf and the Sheep: page image
  30. The Oxen as Witnesses: page image
  31. The Obstinate and Willing Oxen: page image
  32. The Ass as a Singer: page image
  33. The Jackal as Calumniator: page image
  34. The Two Otters and the Jackal: page image
  35. The Jackal Saves the Lion: page image
  36. The Blue Jackal: page image
  37. The Jackal Hanged by the Ox: page image
  38. The Jackal in the Elephant's Traces: page image
  39. The Guilty Dogs: page image
  40. The Hypocritical Cat: page image
  41. The Gazelle and the Hunter: page image
  42. The Monkeys Saved from Death: page image
  43. Incredulity Punished: page image
  44. The Wise and Foolish Monkey Chiefs: page image
  45. The Monkeys and the Moon: page image
  46. The Peacock as Bridegroom: page image
  47. The Crow with the Golden Cap: page image
  48. The Revengeful Crow: page image
  49. The United Pheasants : page image
  50. The Ivory Carver and the Painter: page image
  51. The Mechanician and the Painter: page image
  52. The Competition between the Two Artists: page image