Gonu Jha and Other Maithili Picture Stories
गोनू झा आ आन मैथिली चित्रकथा
The spoken tale finds a visible rhythm
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Coverage, attribution and limits
The Preeti section follows the 17 items attributed to her in the public Videha catalogue, including translations and a manuscript archive. It is not a claim that no other work exists. The Gajendra section covers the 42 entries listed under “00 मुख्य समग्र” in the Samagra snapshot consulted on 8 September 2026.
Collected works and multi-volume series receive one assessment per catalogue entry, with their volume links retained. The three digital companions are assessed as resources, not mislabelled as books. These pages do not claim a separate close reading of every constituent volume or all thirty-seven children's novels.
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Preeti Thakur
Picture stories, translations and the work of preservation.
Folk Deities of Mithila
मिथिलाक लोकदेवता
Preservation takes more than one visual form
Selected-page visual criticismOriginal Tirhuta Palm-leaf Panji Archive
मूल मिथिलाक्षर ताड़पत्र पञ्जी
Preservation makes a source available, not self-explanatory
Catalogue-based critical introductionLittle and Big
छोट आ पैघ
Comparison ends in companionship
Whole short-book visual readingLook at the Animals
माल-जाल आ जानवर दिस देखू
The invitation to make noise meets an adult's hush
Whole short-book visual readingMy Family
हमर परिवार
The reader enters the family's reading world
Whole short-book visual readingAnimals
जानवर
Naming is a first encounter, not a complete lesson
Selected-passage criticismBook 13: 1…2…3…
पोथी 13: 1. . . 2. . . 3. . .
Two numeral systems share the page
Selected-passage criticismInstrumental Sounds
बाजाक अबाज
A silent page asks for sound
Selected-passage criticismRace
रेस
A surprise interrupts the vocabulary pattern
Selected-passage criticismABCD: A Nature Alphabet Book
ए बी सी डी- प्रकृति अक्षर पोथी
The letter becomes part of a landscape
Selected-page visual criticismEveryone Eats
सभ खाइत अछि
Repetition makes a difference noticeable
Selected-passage criticismBow Meow Wow
बो म्याउ बाह
Colour records the animals' movement
Selected-page visual criticismColours
रङ सभ
Colour becomes the trace of an encounter
Selected-page visual criticismMy Heart's Wish
हमर मोनक इच्छा
The child is allowed to make a claim
Selected-passage criticismMaithili Picture Stories
मैथिली चित्रकथा
Oral encounters acquire panels and gestures
Selected-page visual criticismVidyapati's Purusha Pariksha
विद्यापतिक पुरुष परीक्षा
An inherited text enters a different reading form
Selected-page visual criticism02
Gajendra Thakur
Every entry in “00 मुख्य समग्र”, including collected editions and three digital companions.
Parallel Grammar, Composition and Linguistics of Maithili
मैथिलीक एकटा समानान्तर व्याकरण, रचना आ भाषा विज्ञान (ठेठी, अंगिका आ बज्जिकाकेँ संग लऽ कऽ)
A grammar becomes a map of participation
Selected-passage criticismPrabandh, Nibandh, Samalochana: Theory and Applied Studies
प्रबन्ध · निबन्ध · समालोचना सिद्धान्त आ अनुप्रयुक्त अध्ययन
Criticism as a public activity
Selected-passage criticismCollected Translation Volume
गजेन्द्र ठाकुर समग्र अनुवाद खण्ड
Translation carries the textures of unequal lives
Selected-passage criticismBhamati: Vachaspati Mishra in Maithili
भामती (वाचस्पति) [मूल संस्कृत सँ मैथिली अनुवाद: गजेन्द्र ठाकुर]
An argument inside an argument
Selected-passage criticismAtmatattvaviveka: Udayana in Maithili
आत्मतत्त्वविवेक (उदयन) [मूल संस्कृत सँ मैथिली अनुवाद: गजेन्द्र ठाकुर]
The reader learns through alternatives
Selected-passage criticismNyayakusumanjali: Udayana in Maithili
न्यायकुसुमाञ्जलि (उदयन) [मूल संस्कृत सँ मैथिली अनुवाद: गजेन्द्र ठाकुर]
Making the structure of proof visible
Selected-passage criticismTattvacintamani: Gangesha in Maithili
तत्त्वचिन्तामणि (गंगेश) [मूल संस्कृत सँ मैथिली अनुवाद: गजेन्द्र ठाकुर]
Error becomes an instrument of analysis
Selected-passage criticismSanskrit Literature: Thirteen Books Combined
अभिज्ञानशाकुन्तलम् (महाकवि कालिदास); आगमडम्बरम् -जयन्त भट्ट; भगवदज्जुकम् -बोधायन; कवि भल्लट- भल्लट-शतक (भल्लटक शत अन्योक्ति), महाकवि क्षेमेन्द्र- छल-कौशलक विलास (कलाविलास), कवि नीलकण्ठ- कलियुग-विडम्बना (व्यंग्य); चतुर्भाण- श्री शूद्रक केर मूल संस्कृत- पद्मप्राभृतकम् (कमलक भेंट), ईश्वरदत्तक मूल संस्कृत- धूर्तविटसंवादः (धूर्त आ दलालक विचार-विमर्श), वररुचिक मूल - उभयाभिसारिका (परस्पर प्रेम-पलायन) आ महाकवि श्यामिलक केर मूल संस्कृत- पादताडितकम् (लात); दामक प्रहसनम् (सम्भवतः भास रचित); हास्यक सागर / हास्यार्णवप्रहसनम् (मूल संस्कृत प्रहसन श्री जगदीश्वर भट्टाचार्य्य); कादम्बरी (वाणभट्ट आ भूषणभट्ट); माटिक खेलौना-गाड़ी / मृच्छकटिकम् (शूद्रक रचित संस्कृत नाटक); मत्तविलास प्रहसनम् (पल्लव नरेश श्री महेन्द्रविक्रम वर्मा प्रथम केर मूल संस्कृत प्रहसन); मंत्री राक्षसक राजसी मोहर / मुद्राराक्षसम् (विशाखदत्त रचित संस्कृत नाटक); पालाण्डुमण्डन प्रहसनम् (हरिजीवन मिश्रक संस्कृत प्रहसन); उत्तररामचरितम् (महाकवि भवभूति) - संस्कृतसँ मैथिली अनुवाद गजेन्द्र ठाकुर
An anthology needs differences as well as range
Selected-passage criticismNit Naval Subhash Chandra Yadav
नित नवल सुभाष चन्द्र यादव
Social argument meets the problem of form
Selected-page visual criticismNit Naval Sushil
नित नवल सुशील
Polemic and close reading need different evidence
Selected-passage criticismNit Naval Dinesh Kumar Mishra
नित नवल दिनेश कुमार मिश्र
The river exceeds the engineering problem
Selected-passage criticismNit Naval Brikhesh Chandra Lal
नित नवल वृषेश चन्द्र लाल
Different genres require different clocks
Selected-passage criticismRang-Sangam: Nine Plays with English Stage Adaptations
रंग-संगम — नओटा मैथिली नाटक आ तकर अंग्रेजी रंगमंचीय रूपान्तर
The stage can say more than an explanation
Selected-passage criticismParvat Upar Bhamara Je Sutal
पर्वत ऊपर भमरा जे सूतल
Three lengths, three kinds of attention
Selected-page visual criticismGohi Sabhak Beech Jalsamadhi
गोहि सभक बीच जलसमाधि (मैथिलीक आइ धरिक सभसँ पैघ उपन्यास)
The past is built into the numbering
Selected-passage criticismGohi Sabhak Beech Jalsamadhi: Adolescent Edition
गोहि सभक बीच जलसमाधि (मैथिलीक आइ धरिक सभसँ पैघ उपन्यास) [किशोर संस्करण]
Simplification is a decision about what survives
Selected-passage criticismGohi Sabhak Beech Jalsamadhi: Children's Edition
गोहि सभक बीच जलसमाधि (मैथिलीक आइ धरिक सभसँ पैघ उपन्यास) [बाल संस्करण]
Accessibility becomes a question inside the story
Selected-passage criticismThirty-seven Maithili Children's Novels: Collected Edition
३७ टा मैथिली बाल उपन्यास — गजेन्द्र ठाकुर
A collection is not a reading sequence by itself
Catalogue-based critical introductionWater Burial: English Teaching Companion
Water-Burial Among the Crocodiles [English Teaching Companion]
A guide also chooses a way of seeing
Selected-passage criticismGohi Sabhak Beech Jalsamadhi: Teaching Course
Gohi Sabhak Beech Jalsamadhi Teaching Course PDF
Turning an extensive novel into a course
Catalogue-based critical introductionGohi / Water Burial: Teaching and Documentary Gateway
“Gohi Sabhak Beech Jalsamadhi” English Teaching Course Documentary
The doorway is an editorial choice
Digital companion assessmentVideha Teaching Water Burial: Presentation Player
“Water-Burial Among the Crocodiles” English Teaching Course PPT Player
Access depends on a chain of services
Digital companion assessmentWater Burial: CSS Documentary and Study Reader
“Water-Burial Among the Crocodiles” English Teaching Course Documentary
Autoplay and study pull attention differently
Digital companion assessmentCreate Videos with AI
ए.आइ. सँ वीडियो बनाउ
Production literacy begins with responsibility
Selected-passage criticismMaithili Radio Drama: Self-learning Guide
मैथिली रेडियो नाटक: स्वयं सीखू मार्गदर्शिका
Silence is part of the script
Selected-passage criticismEnglish–Maithili Thesaurus
English-Maithili Thesaurus — Gajendra Thakur
Equivalent words do not guarantee equivalent uses
Selected-passage criticismMaithili–English Thesaurus
Maithili-English Thesaurus — Gajendra Thakur
The direction of a dictionary matters
Selected-passage criticismVideha Sadeha 1–37: Critical Appreciation
विदेह सदेह १–३७ — एक समालोचनात्मक आस्वादन
An archive begins to interpret itself
Selected-passage criticismVideha Quiz Master: 10,135 Questions
VIDEHA QUIZ MASTER — विदेह १–४४० विस्तृत अध्ययन — 10,135 प्रश्न
Retrieval is useful, but it is not interpretation
Selected-passage criticismVideha Sadeha 1–37: 54,192 Questions
विदेह सदेह १–३७ विस्तृत अध्ययन — 54,192 प्रश्न
Scale needs an editorial theory of difficulty
Selected-passage criticismVideha Research Articles: Issues 1–447
विदेह शोध-लेख (अंक १ सँ ४४७ धरि)
Metadata is an argument about discoverability
Selected-passage criticismParallel Philosophy, Volume I
GAJENDRA THAKUR'S PARALLEL PHILOSOPHY VOLUME I
Comparison works best when it preserves disagreement
Selected-passage criticismHistory of Mithila–Vajji–Anga, Volume I
HISTORY OF MITHILA, VAJJI & ANGA in India & Nepal: From Prehistory to the Contemporary Period VOLUME I
A region defined by movement as well as rule
Publisher-based critical introductionGadya Padya Bharti 1
GADYA PADYA BHARTI 1 — विभिन्न भाषासँ अनूदित गद्य आ पद्य रचना (खण्ड-१)
Range becomes meaningful through attribution
Publisher-based critical introductionGadya Padya Bharti 2
GADYA PADYA BHARTI 2 — विभिन्न भाषासँ अनूदित गद्य आ पद्य रचना (खण्ड-२)
The intermediate language belongs in the story
Publisher-based critical introductionWater Burial Among the Crocodiles: English Translation
WATER-BURIAL AMONG THE CROCODILES [ENGLISH TRANSLATION BY THE AUTHOR GAJENDRA THAKUR HIMSELF]
An author translates a narrative architecture
Publisher-based critical introductionSwapname Mijjhar Hoit — When Dreams Merge
स्वप्नमे मिज्झर होइत · WHEN DREAMS MERGE
The threshold between dream and waking
Publisher-based critical introductionThirty-seven Maithili Children's Novels in English Translation
37 MAITHILI CHILDREN NOVELS IN ENGLISH TRANSLATION
Translation needs a new route into the collection
Publisher-based critical introductionHistory of Mithila–Vajji–Anga, Volume II
HISTORY OF MITHILA, VAJJI & ANGA: SOCIO-CULTURAL-ECONOMIC HISTORY OF MITHILA, VAJJI & ANGA IN INDIA & NEPAL FROM PREHISTORY TO THE CONTEMPORARY PERIOD [A PARALLEL HISTORY OF MITHILA & MAITHILI LITERATURE] VOLUME II
History moves into the household and workplace
Publisher-based critical introductionParallel Philosophy, Volume II
GAJENDRA THAKUR'S PARALLEL PHILOSOPHY VOLUME II
The comparison must survive its own breadth
Publisher-based critical introductionA Parallel History of Mithila and Maithili Literature
A Parallel History of Mithila & Maithili Literature
Who gets to stand for a literature?
Publisher-based critical introductionDecoding Panji: Mithila
Decoding the Panji of Mithila
A record of lineage is also a record of selection
Publisher-based critical introduction