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Title
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en_US
Jataka Tales: The Mouse Merchant and the Invaluable Treasure
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Amar Chitra Katha
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Description
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Subba Rao
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Creator
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en_US
Rao, Subba
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Contributor
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Rane, Chandrakant D.
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Date
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2022-11-07T16:11:59Z
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2021-12
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en_US
2003
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Date Available
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2022-11-07T16:11:59Z
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Date Issued
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en_US
1982
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Abstract
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en_US
Despite the title, there are really three stories in this 32-page comic book. The third, "The Right Moment," is only two pages long. From my limited knowledge, these are typical Jatakas. The first praises initiative and enterprise by telling of a merchant who started with one dead mouse and amassed a fortune, with a rich wife besides. The second tells of a poor man who saved one coin and hid it cleverly in a brick wall. He thought himself a rich man because of it. As he ran to get it despite great heat -- in order to celebrate with his wife -- the king saw him running and was desperately curious. The king wanted his treasure and kept offering more for it -- up to the point where the king offered half of his kingdom. The man chose the half with his treasured coin in it. About six panels per page. 7" x 9½".
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Identifier
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en_US
12732 (Access ID)
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Language
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en_US
eng
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Publisher
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India Book House
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Mumbai, India
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Subject
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Jatakas