This work Ashok Vatika Amazing Stories Book-5 by Sivkishen Ji emanated from Sundara Kanda that forms the heart of Valmiki's Ramayana. Ashok Vatika Amazing Stories Book-5 began with the narration of Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati who aptly heard the entire story of Rama and his life in detail. This work ended with her blessings, "Let the recital of Sundarakanda be a priceless gem to all to prosper and overcome all problems faced in daily life with the same auspicious benefit of chanting 1000 times Gayatri Mantra." The author lucidly detailed on the adventures of Hanuman and his selflessness, strength, and devotion to Rama emphasized in the text. Hanuman fondly called "Sundara" by his mother Anjani and Sage Valmiki chose this name over others as the Sundara Kanda is about Hanuman's journey to Lanka. After learning about Sita, Hanuman assumed a gargantuan form and made a colossal leap across the sea to Lanka. This showed the power of the name 'Rama.' Hanuman repeated this name and talked about the qualities of great men. It was sweet for this reason and a pleasant task indeed! This work captured the determination of Hanuman to succeed, in spite of the hurdles that kept cropping up in his path to Lanka. He had to keep his goal in mind and yet, at the same time, he had to think quickly to overcome the hurdles. Hanuman wanted to unite Rama and went in search of Sita. That is why even today Hanuman worshipped The author revealed the greatness of Hanuman, who meticulously searched Lanka for Sita. He located Sita in Ashoka grove, where she wooed and threatened by Ravana and his rakshasis to marry Ravana. Hanuman proved himself an excellent emissary of Rama when he met Sita. He narrated the events of the Bala Kanda and when he came to meet Rama, after having met Sita, Hanuman said that Rama and Sita would be crowned ruling monarchs and have a happy life together. He reassured Sita, giving Rama's signet ring as a sign of good faith. He offered to carry Sita back to Rama; she refused and said that it is not the dharma, stating that Ramayana will not have significance if Hanuman carries her to Rama - "When Rama is not there Ravana carried Sita forcibly and when Ravana was not there, Hanuman carried Sita back to Rama." She says that Rama himself must come and avenge the insult of her abduction. Ravana wanted Sita and wanted to get rid of Rama. Surpanaka wanted Rama and wanted to get rid of Sita. That was why their lives ended in misery. The characters Rama, Sita, Lakshmana, Bharata, Hanuman, and Ravana are all fundamental to the cultural consciousness of the South Asian nations of India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and the South-East Asian countries of Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia, and Indonesia. Ashok Vatika Amazing Stories Book-5 demonstrates the importance of values such as loving and respecting our family, keeping our promises, protecting the weak and so on. This divine work is not just a story of Ramayana, but also an educational medium used by ancient sages to promote the importance of doing dharma (one's duty) in relationships. By using this as a medium, we can teach our children many life-skills, ethics, and principles of life that are very similar; like goodwill, kindness, sincerity, honesty, and integrity, etc. Ashok Vatika Amazing Stories Book-5 worth studying, reading, and sharing simply because the stories are a magnificent window to the views, philosophies, and beliefs of the past, of past cultures, traditions, and religions with57 licensed color illustrations under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 License. Content is available under CC-BY-SA. In order to encourage children, stories like these need to be extolled repeatedly that impart many principles of life like goodwill, kindness, sincerity, honesty, and integrity, strong value system, etc. Stories like these need to be extolled repeatedly to stand up for each other. Read, cherish, and share now

The forest of stories, Book One in Ashok Banker's long-awaited 'MBA' Series, takes us deep into the haunted jungle of Naimishavan.

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We have all read Aesop's fables, Jataka tales, and the Panchatantra or Hitopadesha stories. But what about the fables from the Mahabharata? We know about the human characters, but do we know about the clever jackal, the hypocrite swan, the smart mouse, the evil cat, the lazy camel, the arrogant tree, the faithful parrot or the astonishing mongoose in Vyasa's great epic? Vyasa-Katha presents fifty-one fables from the Mahabharata. These fascinating and instructive fables are a treasure-trove of practical and political wisdom, moral values, universal truths and philosophy. Animals, birds, reptiles, fish, insects, trees, rivers, directions, life forces, death and time intriguingly teach ancient Indian wisdom. With vivid descriptions and colourful expressions, the fables exemplify the advanced art of storytelling in ancient India. Author Nityananda Misra contextualises the fables and presents a faithful and unabridged translation. Carrying insights from Nilakantha's commentary and numerous Indian texts, with a beautiful collection of twenty-four illustrations, this is a must-read for children and adults alike.

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