Manikeswari
Hindu Goddess
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The Learned Thief and the Kiratas
A scholar turned thief spends months earning four traders' trust so he can rob them. In a forest, surrounded by robbers, he steps forward first.
The Weaver's Wife and the Severed Nose
A robbed mendicant begs a night's shelter and watches his hosts deceive one another — a wife, a stand-in at the pillar, and a village court that examines nothing.
The Weaver Who Passed Himself Off as Vishnu
A weaver in love above his station has a friend build him a flying wooden Garuda, and arrives at a princess's window as a god. Then a war begins in that god's name.
The Merchant's Son Who Bought One Verse
Thrown out for paying a hundred rupees for a book with one verse in it, a young man answers every question anyone asks him with that verse — and it answers for him.