Indian Epics Blog

Sonichu is speculated to be a previous incarnation of Buddha (source) The Two Pigs: Some pigs are about to be eaten but one of them is virtuous and moves all the people of the kingdom, so nobody gets eaten. The Patient Buffalo: A monkey decides to mess with a big jacked buffalo. The buffalo could easily turn the monkey into paste, but he decides not to because why should he punish the monkey for being annoying? It's not the monkey's fault that he's obnoxious, nature made him that way. The Sarabha: A king is hunting a really cool deer. The king falls off of his horse and is injured. The deer decides to save the king. The two become friends. The end. The Goblin Town: Some shipwrecked sailors land on an island full of women. One of the sailors finds out that the women are actually goblins. Some of the sailors don't believe him. A big white horse comes to save all of the believers, the rest stay behind and presumably become goblin fodder. The Great E...

Illustration of the Jatakas (source) Howdy everyone, NitroDubbz here. Today I'm gonna be reading the Twenty Jataka Tales by Noor Inayat. Without further ado let us begin. The Monkey Bridge: Monkeys live happily by a big 'ol mango tree. Humans want the mangoes so they come to kill all the monkeys, the monkey king sacrifices himself to lead his subjects to freedom. The human king is so moved by his royal honor that he spares all of the monkeys and everyone lives happily ever after. The Guilty Dogs: The palace dogs chew up the leather of the royal carriage. The king decides a reasonable thing to do would be to put all dogs in the city to death. The dog leader comes to the palace and proves the innocence of the town dogs. The king is moved and spares every dog in the city. Banyan: Deer are hunted every day in a certain kingdom, the deer are tired of collateral damage so every day they pick one of their own to be sacrificed in the hunt. One day the K...

"Brb, destroying the universe" (source) Parashurama threw a wad of twenty-dollar bills at the cab driver and leapt from the passenger seat, calling back a brief thanks over his shoulder. Parashurama burst through the door of the house. There was no demonic presence here anymore. He went up to the attic to investigate. He had been too late. The Tavakoli family, or what was left of them, was on the floor of the attic, their corpses mostly eaten. Parashurama knew he was dealing with Pishacha, the demons who sustained themselves on human flesh. No doubt they were out there now, still gathering strength. He went downstairs a turned on the news to confirm the suspicions he had had earlier. On the TV was the football game, being held in the stadium downtown. Tens of thousands of spectators were there. If his theory was correct, the Pischacha would be making their way down to the stadium for a ritual sacrifice. Their goal? Most likely to awaken Shiva and end the Kali Yuga ...