Indian Fairy Tales (India) ▶✔

Text is from Project Gutenberg's Indian Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs and John Dickson Batten (1892), audio files read by Librivox volunteers.

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These tales range from 323 to 6,834 words for a total of 57,696 words if you complete all 29.  The stories are listed from shortest to longest - they are not listed in the same order as the original book.  Some minor spelling and punctuation changes have been made to better conform with modern English usage.

Punctuation used in this book:

• Period . 
• Comma ,
• Exclamation !
• Question Mark ?
• Single quote ' ( -PBT, use AES for 's)
• Double quote " (Open KW-GS close KR-GS)
• Semi-colon ; 
• Colon :
• Hyphen - 
• Dash --  (Default stroke is TK-RB) 
• Parentheses (Open PREPB close PR*EPB) 

Names/words not found in Plover's default dictionary:  You will need to create your own brief/outline in your user.json dictionary for these words (or fingerspell them):

• Adisesha
  
• Asura
• Angulimala
  
• Basa
• Bhagawant
  
• Bhaunr
  
• Benares
  
• Bodisat (essentially same meaning as Bodhisatta)
• Bodhisatta (An enlightened being who, out of compassion, forgoes nirvana in order to save others; any person on the path towards Buddhahood, properly spelled as "bodhisattva" but this book uses the "bodhisatta" spelling.)
• Bonga
• Brahman (In Hinduism, refers to the supreme cosmic power and ontological ground of being; the source, goal and purpose of all spiritual knowledge.)
  
• Brahmani
  
• Brahmadatta (King of Kāsi)
• chapatis (a type of flatbread)
• chaupur (A cross and circle board game very similar to pachisi, also known as chaupar, chopad or chaupad.) 
  
• chombu
• Chumman
  
• cubit (an ancient measure of length, approximately 18-21"/45-54cm) 
• cudgel
• Dantal
• darbar
  
• Deccan
• denar
• Devadatta
  
• Devajnanin
  
• dhol (a double-sided drum)
• drumikin
• enty
• erith
• Ganas
  
• Gangazara
  
• Gautama
  
• Gulizar
• hamsas
• Haridatta
  
• Harisarman
  
• Himavanta
  
• Husain
• Indrasha
  
• Jetavana
  
• Jihva
  
• jinn
• jogi
• kasabah
• Katar
• kharwars
• Khuda
• Kismat (fate, destiny)
• Kokilan
  
• Kosala
• kulchas (a type of flatbread)
• Labam
• lac
• Laili
  
• Lambikin
• Mahamat
• Mallika
  
• Manikkasari
  
• Majnun
  
• markhor (large four-legged animal with spiral horns native to Pakistan and northwest India, currently endangered)
  
• muhr, muhrs
• Munsuk
  
• nadhar
• Nagaraja
  
• parwana
  
• Petas
• Phalana
  
• pice
• pipal (Ficus religiosa, or sacred fig, is a species of fig native to the Indian subcontinent similar to a banyan tree, also known as bodhi tree, pippala, peepul, peepal, or ashwattha tree)
• purblind (Impaired vision and/or blind, also used figuratively to describe someone who lacks insight or good judgment, a fool.)
• puja
  
• quoth
• Rāhu
  
• raja
• Rakshas
  
• Rani
• Rasalu
  
• Salabhan
  
• Sarkap
  
• Shahmars
  
• simurg, simurgs (a benevolent mythical bird)
  
• Somasarman
  
• Sthuladatta
  
• Svabhavakripana
• tâ
  
• tadingana
  
• Takkasila
• tôm
  
• trow (archaic word for think or believe)
• tsut
• tum
• 'twould
• Ujjaini
  
• Varana
• Vindhya
  
• Wazir

Words that may trip you up:  You won't find entries in your Plover dictionary for these words (and some others), but they all CAN be stroked thanks to the beauty of suffix strokes!  

• chatee (KHAT/KWRAE)
• eno (AOE/TPHO)
• dost (DO/*FT)
• Ranee (RAPB/KWRAE)
• shouldst (SHO/*FT)
• sweetmeat, sweetmeats 

Some suffix strokes you'll find particularly useful in this activity are:   ^en *EPB ^le *L ^ie AO*E  ^ies KWREUS

• ^ee KWRAE
• ^eth *ET
• ^eer AO*ER
• ^st *FT

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