Summary of Tiny Tales 51-100
- Lakshmana had tracked a wild boar through the woods
- he tried to strike the boar but in fact, missed
- he accidentally cut off the head of an ascetic, who was silently meditating
- Lakshmana cried for what he did
- then Indra appeared
- Indra informed Lakshmana that the ascetic was meditating to gain the power to destroy Indra
- Indra used the boar to lure Lakshmana to in fact kill the ascetic
- then Indra disappears
- one day sita and Rama traveled from camp
- it was a very hot day
- Rama offered to carry Sita
- Sweat dripped from both of them on the ground
- They noticed from their sweat saplings had grown
- The saplings continued to grow and they noticed they began to bore fruit
- Sita's were green fruits and Rama's were red fruit
- They called them Sita-fruit and Rama-fruit
- These fruits continue to grow in India today!
- Indra wanted to test Lakshmana
- So he sent a beautiful apsara to test him
- Lakshmana chased her away
- some of her hair was left behind on Lakshmana's clothes
- Later Sita noticed some. of the hair and teased Lakshmana that he had found a new woman
- Lakshmana proceeded to jump into the fire and did not burn
- This proved his loyalty to his wife Urmila
- Anjana was an apsara
- She was cursed to be sent to earth as a monkey
- A shape-shifting monkey of many forms
- Anjana put on a human form and walked across a mountaintop
- Vayu, the wind-god spotted her and was captivated by her beauty
- He introduced himself and told her he loved her
- he told her she will bear his son
- So she gave birth to Hanuman, the monkey-son of Vayu the wind-god
- Hanuman's mother was Anjana
- When he was born she left him in a forest
- He grew to be very very hungry
- One day he saw something he thought to be a mango in the sky
- he flew up to try to reach it to eat
- Then he realized it was the sun
- Indra the storm god grew very angry and struck him with a bolt
- He fell and broke his jaw
- This is how he got the name Hanuman, Big-Jaw
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