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| name = Cradle Tales of Hinduism<br />
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| author = [[Sister Nivedita]]<br />
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| publisher = Longmans<br />
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| english_pub_date = 1907<br />
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| pages = 332 pages (paperback)<br />
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'''''Cradle Tales of Hinduism''''' (1907) is a collection of stories by [[Sister Nivedita]].<ref name="Publication2002">{{cite book|author=Cosmo Publication|title=Eminent Orientalist: Indian, American and European|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IN2Ev-ZYtD0C&pg=PA211|accessdate=October 12, 2012|date=May 1, 2002|publisher=Cosmo Publications|isbn=978-81-7755-027-6|pages=211–}}</ref> It is an introduction to [[Hindu mythology]]; the stories come from the [[Mahabharata]], the [[Ramayana]] and other Hindu sources and are presented as they were told in Indian nurseries.<ref>Author's Preface to ''Cradle Tales of Hinduism'': The book is described as "a collection of genuine Indian nursery-tales".</ref><br />
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==Background==<br />
Nivedita travelled to India in 1898. [[Josephine MacLeod]], a friend and devotee of [[Swami Vivekananda]] asked him how best she could help him and got the reply to "Love India". Nivedita wanted to interpret Indian culture to the Western world and so wrote this book.<ref name="Banhatti1995">{{cite book|author=G. S. Banhatti|title=Life And Philosophy Of Swami Vivekananda|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jK5862eV7_EC&pg=PA37|accessdate=October 12, 2012|date=January 1, 1995|publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Dist|isbn=978-81-7156-291-6|pages=37–}}</ref><br />
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== Stories ==<br />
Stories include–<ref name="Cradle Tales of Hinduism">{{cite web|url=http://www.vedanta.com/store/cradle_tales_hinduism.htm|title=Cradle Tales of Hinduism|publisher=vedanta.com (website)|accessdate=October 12, 2012}}</ref><br />
* Story of [[Shiva]]<br />
* Story of (Brahma)<br />
* Story of [[Rama]]<br />
* Story of the great snake<br />
* Story of [[Prahlada]]<br />
* Story of [[Dhruva]] etc.<br />
* Story of [[Sati (goddess)|Sati]]<br />
* Story of [[Nala]] and [[Damayanti]]<br />
* Throne of [[Vikramaditya]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [https://archive.org/details/cradletalesofhin00niveuoft Full book in Archive.org]<br />
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