# Hindu Tales from the Sanskrit Author: D'Anvers, N., 1844-1933 [Editor]; Mitra, Siddha Mohana, 1856-1925 [Translator] Genre: Hinduism Language: English License: Public domain Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11310 Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Hindu+Tales+from+the+Sanskrit+D%27Anvers&tag=cyberlibrar00-20 ## Summary Long, long ago there lived far away in India a woodcutter called Subha Datta and his family, who were all very happy together. The father went every day to the forest near his home to get supplies of wood, which he sold to his neighbours, earning by that means quite enough to give his wife and children all that they needed. Sometimes he took his three boys with him, and now and then, as a special treat, his two little girls were allowed to trot along beside him. The boys longed to be allowed to chop wood for themselves, and their father told them that as soon as they were old enough he would give each of them a little axe of his own. The girls, he said, must be content with breaking off s... ## Chapters - [Chapter 53](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hindu-tales-from-the-sanskrit-11310/chapters/53/index.md) - [Chapter 92](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hindu-tales-from-the-sanskrit-11310/chapters/92/index.md) - [Chapter 47](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hindu-tales-from-the-sanskrit-11310/chapters/47/index.md) - [Chapter 58](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hindu-tales-from-the-sanskrit-11310/chapters/58/index.md) - [Chapter 82](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hindu-tales-from-the-sanskrit-11310/chapters/82/index.md) - [Chapter 73](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hindu-tales-from-the-sanskrit-11310/chapters/73/index.md) - [Chapter 89](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hindu-tales-from-the-sanskrit-11310/chapters/89/index.md) - [Chapter 90](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hindu-tales-from-the-sanskrit-11310/chapters/90/index.md) - [Chapter 75](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hindu-tales-from-the-sanskrit-11310/chapters/75/index.md) - 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[Chapter 62](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hindu-tales-from-the-sanskrit-11310/chapters/62/index.md) - [Chapter 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hindu-tales-from-the-sanskrit-11310/chapters/15/index.md) - [Chapter 70](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hindu-tales-from-the-sanskrit-11310/chapters/70/index.md) - [Chapter 46](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hindu-tales-from-the-sanskrit-11310/chapters/46/index.md) - [Chapter 19](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hindu-tales-from-the-sanskrit-11310/chapters/19/index.md) - [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hindu-tales-from-the-sanskrit-11310/chapters/1/index.md) - [Chapter 50](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hindu-tales-from-the-sanskrit-11310/chapters/50/index.md) - [Chapter 26](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hindu-tales-from-the-sanskrit-11310/chapters/26/index.md) - [Chapter 78](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hindu-tales-from-the-sanskrit-11310/chapters/78/index.md) - [Chapter 22](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hindu-tales-from-the-sanskrit-11310/chapters/22/index.md) - [Chapter 69](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hindu-tales-from-the-sanskrit-11310/chapters/69/index.md) - [Chapter 71](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hindu-tales-from-the-sanskrit-11310/chapters/71/index.md) - [Chapter 76](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hindu-tales-from-the-sanskrit-11310/chapters/76/index.md) - [Chapter 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hindu-tales-from-the-sanskrit-11310/chapters/16/index.md) - [Chapter 63](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hindu-tales-from-the-sanskrit-11310/chapters/63/index.md) - [Chapter 54](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hindu-tales-from-the-sanskrit-11310/chapters/54/index.md) - [Chapter 41](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hindu-tales-from-the-sanskrit-11310/chapters/41/index.md) - [Chapter 77](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hindu-tales-from-the-sanskrit-11310/chapters/77/index.md) - [Chapter 32](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hindu-tales-from-the-sanskrit-11310/chapters/32/index.md) - [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hindu-tales-from-the-sanskrit-11310/chapters/9/index.md) - [Chapter 56](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hindu-tales-from-the-sanskrit-11310/chapters/56/index.md) - [Chapter 65](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hindu-tales-from-the-sanskrit-11310/chapters/65/index.md) - [Chapter 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hindu-tales-from-the-sanskrit-11310/chapters/13/index.md) - [Chapter 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hindu-tales-from-the-sanskrit-11310/chapters/11/index.md) - [Chapter 85](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hindu-tales-from-the-sanskrit-11310/chapters/85/index.md) - [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hindu-tales-from-the-sanskrit-11310/chapters/6/index.md) - [Chapter 24](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hindu-tales-from-the-sanskrit-11310/chapters/24/index.md) - [Chapter 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hindu-tales-from-the-sanskrit-11310/chapters/10/index.md) - [Chapter 33](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hindu-tales-from-the-sanskrit-11310/chapters/33/index.md) - [Chapter 31](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hindu-tales-from-the-sanskrit-11310/chapters/31/index.md) - 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[Chapter 37](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hindu-tales-from-the-sanskrit-11310/chapters/37/index.md) - [Chapter 40](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hindu-tales-from-the-sanskrit-11310/chapters/40/index.md) - [Chapter 91](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hindu-tales-from-the-sanskrit-11310/chapters/91/index.md) - [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hindu-tales-from-the-sanskrit-11310/chapters/4/index.md) - [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hindu-tales-from-the-sanskrit-11310/chapters/3/index.md) - [Chapter 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hindu-tales-from-the-sanskrit-11310/chapters/17/index.md) - [Chapter 43](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hindu-tales-from-the-sanskrit-11310/chapters/43/index.md) - [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hindu-tales-from-the-sanskrit-11310/chapters/2/index.md) - [Chapter 67](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hindu-tales-from-the-sanskrit-11310/chapters/67/index.md) - [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hindu-tales-from-the-sanskrit-11310/chapters/7/index.md) - [Chapter 35](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hindu-tales-from-the-sanskrit-11310/chapters/35/index.md) - [Chapter 42](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hindu-tales-from-the-sanskrit-11310/chapters/42/index.md) - [Chapter 34](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hindu-tales-from-the-sanskrit-11310/chapters/34/index.md) - [Chapter 64](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hindu-tales-from-the-sanskrit-11310/chapters/64/index.md) - [Chapter 38](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hindu-tales-from-the-sanskrit-11310/chapters/38/index.md) - [Chapter 44](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hindu-tales-from-the-sanskrit-11310/chapters/44/index.md) - [Chapter 86](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hindu-tales-from-the-sanskrit-11310/chapters/86/index.md) - [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hindu-tales-from-the-sanskrit-11310/chapters/8/index.md) - [Chapter 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hindu-tales-from-the-sanskrit-11310/chapters/14/index.md) - [Chapter 28](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/hindu-tales-from-the-sanskrit-11310/chapters/28/index.md) - 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