CONTENTS

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[Introduction] 1

PART I.

STORIES OF THE CULTIVATING CASTE AND VAEDDĀS.

NO.
1[The Making of the GreatEarth]47
2[The Sun, the Moon, and GreatPaddy]52
3[The Story of Senasurā]54
4[The Glass Princess]57
5[The Frog Prince]67
6[The Millet Trader]72
7[The Turtle Dove]79
8[The Prince and the Princess]93
9[Tamarind Ṭikkā]100
10[MātalangēLoku-Appu]108
11[The White Turtle]113
12[The Black Storks’ Girl]120
13[The Golden Kaekiri Fruit]129
14[The Four Deaf Persons]134
15[The Prince and the Yakā]137
16[How a Yakā and a Manfought]146
17[Concerning a Man and TwoYakās]148
18[The Three Questions]150
19[The Faithless Princess]157
20[The Prince who did not go toSchool]160
21[Nagul-Munnā]169
22[The Kulē-bakāFlowers]173
23[Kurulu-gama Appu, the Soothsayer]179
24[How a Prince was chased by aYaksanī]186
25[The Wicked King]191
26[The Kitul Seeds]197
27[The Speaking Horse]199
28[The Female Quail]201
29[The Pied Robin]206
30[The Jackal and the Hare]209
31[The Leopard and theMouse-deer]213
32[The Crocodile’sWedding]216
33[The Gamarāla’sCakes]219
34[The Kinnarā and theParrots]224
35[How a Jackal settled aLawsuit]228
36[The Jackal and the Turtle]234
37[The Lion and the Turtle]241

PART II.

STORIES OF THE LOWER CASTES.

38[The Monkey and the Weaver-Bird](Potter)247
39[The JackalDēvatāwā] (Washerman)249

STORIES OF THE TOM-TOM BEATERS.

The Foolishness of Tom-tom Beaters 252

40[A Kaḍambāwa Man’s Journeyto Puttalam]253
41[The Kaḍambāwa Men and theHares]255
42[The Kaḍambāwa Men and theMouse-deer]256
43[The Kaḍambāwa Men and theBush]257
44[How the Kaḍambāwa Men countedThemselves]258
45[The Kaḍambāwa Men and theDream]260
46[The Four Tom-tom Beaters]262
47[The Golden Tree]264
48[The Seven Princesses]270
49[Mr. JanelSiññā]278
50[The Nikini Story] 284
51[The Aet-kandaLēniyā]291
52[The Wimalī Story]302
53[The Pots of Oil]304
54[The Mouse Maiden]308
55[Sīgiris Siññō, theGiant]312
56[The Proud Jackal]316

STORIES OF THE DURAYĀS.

57[The Seven Robbers]317
58[The Stupid Boy]319
59[The Gamarāla and theWasherman]322
60[The Two Thieves]330
61[The Margōsa Tree]334
62[The Gamarāla’s FoolishSon]336
63[The Jackal’s Judgment]339
64[The Heron and the Crab]342
65[The Jackal and theBrāhmaṇa]347
66[The Cat who guarded thePrecepts]349
67[The Lizard and the Leopard]355
68[The Lion and the Jackal]359

STORIES OF THE ROḌIYĀS.

69[The Roll of Cotton]364
70[The Jackal and the Leopard]367
71[How the Boars killed theRākshasa]370
72[The Grateful Jackal]373

STORIES OF THE KINNARĀS.

73[Concerning a Monk and aYakā]375
74[The Three Suitors]378
75[The Crocodile and theJackal]380

[Index] 383