Cradle Tales of Hinduism

Cradle Tales of Hinduism
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Author	Sister Nivedita
Language	English
Publisher	Longmans
Published in English	1907
Pages	332 pages (paperback)
ISBN	81-85301-93-X

Cradle Tales of Hinduism (1907) is a collection of stories by Sister Nivedita.^[1] It is an introduction to Hindu mythology; the stories come from the Mahabharata, the Ramayana and other Hindu sources and are presented as they were told in Indian nurseries.^[2]

Background

Nivedita travelled to India in 1898. Josephine MacLeod, a friend and devotee of Swami Vivekananda asked him how best she could help him and got the reply to "Love India". Nivedita wanted to interpret Indian culture to the Western world and so wrote this book.^[3]

Stories

Stories include–^[4]

Story of Shiva^[5]
Story of (Brahma)
Story of Rama
Story of the great snake
Story of Prahlada
Story of Dhruva etc.
Story of Sati
Story of Nala and Damayanti
Throne of Vikramaditya

References

^ Cosmo Publication (1 May 2002). Eminent Orientalist: Indian, American and European. Cosmo Publications. pp. 211–. ISBN 978-81-7755-027-6. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
^ Author's Preface to Cradle Tales of Hinduism: The book is described as "a collection of genuine Indian nursery-tales".
^ G. S. Banhatti (1 January 1995). Life And Philosophy Of Swami Vivekananda. Atlantic Publishers & Dist. pp. 37–. ISBN 978-81-7156-291-6. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
^ "Cradle Tales of Hinduism". vedanta.com (website). Retrieved 12 October 2012.
^ Nivedita (1917). Cradle Tales of Hinduism. unknown library. Longmans, Green.