Fables in the Indian Narrative Tradition Shree Lal Bahadur Shashtri Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha This irreducible residuum is unavoidable

This irreducible residuum is unavoidable so long as one cannot feel at home in that type of emotional thinking which culminates in a supersensnous object of aesthetic contemplation

All these things are possible through scientific training of dynamic static rhythmic psycho-physical yogic asanas control of bioenergy yogic pranayamas pacificator practices of Yogic pratyahara ethical moral values of Yogic yamas and niyamas balanced diet i

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This is true of every kind of change in the universe

Fables in the Indian Narrative Tradition Shree Lal Bahadur Shashtri Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha This irreducible residuum is unavoidableThe fable is the most metaphorical of all narrative genres. The Indian fable, being both realistic and other worldly, is recognised as a wonderful integration of the aesthetic and the discursive. Imitating the habits, chores, beliefs of the Indian culture, it is the dominant form in texts like the Pancatantra, the Jatakas, and the Hitopadea. It is included at different places in the long narratives of the Mahabharata and the Yogavasistha, and is