PREETI × GAJENDRATHE VIDEHA LITERARY ATLAS

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Selected-passage criticism 31 Selected-page visual criticism 9 Whole short-book visual reading 3 Publisher-based critical introduction 10 Catalogue-based critical introduction 3 Digital companion assessment 3
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59 entries

01

Preeti Thakur

Picture stories, translations and the work of preservation.

Folklore & picture narrativeP03

Folk Deities of Mithila

मिथिलाक लोकदेवता

Preservation takes more than one visual form

Selected-page visual criticism
Archive & preservationP05

Original Tirhuta Palm-leaf Panji Archive

मूल मिथिलाक्षर ताड़पत्र पञ्जी

Preservation makes a source available, not self-explanatory

Catalogue-based critical introduction
Children's translationP07

Little and Big

छोट आ पैघ

Comparison ends in companionship

Whole short-book visual reading
Children's translationP08

Look at the Animals

माल-जाल आ जानवर दिस देखू

The invitation to make noise meets an adult's hush

Whole short-book visual reading
Children's translationP09

My Family

हमर परिवार

The reader enters the family's reading world

Whole short-book visual reading
Children's translationP10

Animals

जानवर

Naming is a first encounter, not a complete lesson

Selected-passage criticism
Children's translation & countingP11

Book 13: 1…2…3…

पोथी 13: 1. . . 2. . . 3. . .

Two numeral systems share the page

Selected-passage criticism
Children's translationP12

Instrumental Sounds

बाजाक अबाज

A silent page asks for sound

Selected-passage criticism
Children's translationP13

Race

रेस

A surprise interrupts the vocabulary pattern

Selected-passage criticism
Children's translation & alphabetP14

ABCD: A Nature Alphabet Book

ए बी सी डी- प्रकृति अक्षर पोथी

The letter becomes part of a landscape

Selected-page visual criticism
Children's translationP15

Everyone Eats

सभ खाइत अछि

Repetition makes a difference noticeable

Selected-passage criticism
Children's translationP16

Bow Meow Wow

बो म्याउ बाह

Colour records the animals' movement

Selected-page visual criticism
Children's translationP17

Colours

रङ सभ

Colour becomes the trace of an encounter

Selected-page visual criticism
Children's translation & anthologyP18

My Heart's Wish

हमर मोनक इच्छा

The child is allowed to make a claim

Selected-passage criticism
Picture storiesP19

Maithili Picture Stories

मैथिली चित्रकथा

Oral encounters acquire panels and gestures

Selected-page visual criticism
Adaptation & picture narrativeP20

Vidyapati's Purusha Pariksha

विद्यापतिक पुरुष परीक्षा

An inherited text enters a different reading form

Selected-page visual criticism
02

Gajendra Thakur

Every entry in “00 मुख्य समग्र”, including collected editions and three digital companions.

Language & referenceG01

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 criticism
TranslationG03

Collected Translation Volume

गजेन्द्र ठाकुर समग्र अनुवाद खण्ड

Unequal lives, carried between languages

Selected-passage criticism
Philosophy & translationG04

Bhamati: Vachaspati Mishra in Maithili

भामती (वाचस्पति) [मूल संस्कृत सँ मैथिली अनुवाद: गजेन्द्र ठाकुर]

Whose argument are we reading?

Selected-passage criticism
Philosophy & translationG05

Atmatattvaviveka: Udayana in Maithili

आत्मतत्त्वविवेक (उदयन) [मूल संस्कृत सँ मैथिली अनुवाद: गजेन्द्र ठाकुर]

Follow the alternatives before the conclusion

Selected-passage criticism
Philosophy & translationG06

Nyayakusumanjali: Udayana in Maithili

न्यायकुसुमाञ्जलि (उदयन) [मूल संस्कृत सँ मैथिली अनुवाद: गजेन्द्र ठाकुर]

How much does an analogy prove?

Selected-passage criticism
Philosophy & translationG07

Tattvacintamani: Gangesha in Maithili

तत्त्वचिन्तामणि (गंगेश) [मूल संस्कृत सँ मैथिली अनुवाद: गजेन्द्र ठाकुर]

Why begin with a mistake?

Selected-passage criticism
Translation & anthologyG08

Sanskrit 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

Thirteen units, several kinds of reading

Selected-passage criticism
CriticismG09

Nit Naval Subhash Chandra Yadav

नित नवल सुभाष चन्द्र यादव

Social argument meets the problem of form

Selected-page visual criticism
CriticismG10

Nit Naval Sushil

नित नवल सुशील

Read the polemic against the textual evidence

Selected-passage criticism
Criticism & river writingG11

Nit Naval Dinesh Kumar Mishra

नित नवल दिनेश कुमार मिश्र

Living beside the river

Selected-passage criticism
CriticismG12

Nit Naval Brikhesh Chandra Lal

नित नवल वृषेश चन्द्र लाल

A slow opening can earn its length

Selected-passage criticism
Drama & translationG13

Rang-Sangam: Nine Plays with English Stage Adaptations

रंग-संगम — नओटा मैथिली नाटक आ तकर अंग्रेजी रंगमंचीय रूपान्तर

What does the epilogue settle?

Selected-passage criticism
FictionG14

Parvat Upar Bhamara Je Sutal

पर्वत ऊपर भमरा जे सूतल

Three lengths, three kinds of attention

Selected-page visual criticism
NovelG15

Gohi Sabhak Beech Jalsamadhi

गोहि सभक बीच जलसमाधि (मैथिलीक आइ धरिक सभसँ पैघ उपन्यास)

The past is built into the numbering

Selected-passage criticism
AdaptationG16

Gohi Sabhak Beech Jalsamadhi: Adolescent Edition

गोहि सभक बीच जलसमाधि (मैथिलीक आइ धरिक सभसँ पैघ उपन्यास) [किशोर संस्करण]

Which difficulties should an adaptation keep?

Selected-passage criticism
AdaptationG17

Gohi 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 criticism
Media & learningG24

Create Videos with AI

ए.आइ. सँ वीडियो बनाउ

A plausible image still needs checking

Selected-passage criticism
Drama & learningG25

Maithili Radio Drama: Self-learning Guide

मैथिली रेडियो नाटक: स्वयं सीखू मार्गदर्शिका

Silence is part of the script

Selected-passage criticism
Language & referenceG26

English–Maithili Thesaurus

English-Maithili Thesaurus — Gajendra Thakur

Try the word inside a sentence

Selected-passage criticism
Language & referenceG27

Maithili–English Thesaurus

Maithili-English Thesaurus — Gajendra Thakur

The direction of a dictionary matters

Selected-passage criticism
Criticism & archiveG28

Videha Sadeha 1–37: Critical Appreciation

विदेह सदेह १–३७ — एक समालोचनात्मक आस्वादन

An archive begins to interpret itself

Selected-passage criticism
Learning & archiveG29

Videha 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 criticism
Learning & archiveG30

Videha Sadeha 1–37: 54,192 Questions

विदेह सदेह १–३७ विस्तृत अध्ययन — 54,192 प्रश्न

What makes a question difficult?

Selected-passage criticism
Research & archiveG31

Videha Research Articles: Issues 1–447

विदेह शोध-लेख (अंक १ सँ ४४७ धरि)

Metadata is an argument about discoverability

Selected-passage criticism
PhilosophyG32

Parallel Philosophy, Volume I

GAJENDRA THAKUR'S PARALLEL PHILOSOPHY VOLUME I

Comparison works best when it preserves disagreement

Selected-passage criticism
HistoryG33

History 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 introduction
Edited anthologyG34

Gadya Padya Bharti 1

GADYA PADYA BHARTI 1 — विभिन्न भाषासँ अनूदित गद्य आ पद्य रचना (खण्ड-१)

Keep the contributors visible

Publisher-based critical introduction
Translation anthologyG35

Gadya 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 introduction
Social & economic historyG39

History 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 introduction
PhilosophyG40

Parallel Philosophy, Volume II

GAJENDRA THAKUR'S PARALLEL PHILOSOPHY VOLUME II

The comparison must survive its own breadth

Publisher-based critical introduction
Genealogy & researchG42

Decoding Panji: Mithila

Decoding the Panji of Mithila

A record of lineage is also a record of selection

Publisher-based critical introduction