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All kinds Origin Legend Local story Folk tale From the epics Festival story Temple legend In stone and bronze How a tradition frames it

Everywhere Pan-India 240 South India 81 West India 37 East India 37 North India 28 The Himalaya 17 Northeast India 8 Southeast Asia 6 Central India 5 Sri Lanka 1

curse sacrifice devotion pride boon creation disguise marriage test birth supremacy bargain death fire healing penance rescue pilgrimage river craft festival dance gift rivalry earth emanation friendship night desire fear

Tradition: All traditions · clear

From the epics · 6 tellings · contested

King Shibi, the hawk and the dove

King Ushinara holds a sacrifice that rivals Indra's.

Shibi, Agni, Indra

Pan-India South India Southeast Asia

Legend · 7 tellings · contested

The verse of Savitr (the Gayatri)

How RV 3.62.10, one verse among eighteen in a hymn of Vishvamitra's family, became the first verse taught to every student and a daily prayer.

Savitr, Vishvamitra, Pushan, Janaka of Videha

Pan-India Southeast Asia