[INDOLOGY] four Sanskrit comic books

Fri Apr 11 03:29:17 UTC 2025

Here's a clip about Pandit Ghulam Dastagir Birajdar, and more information
on him is available online:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4bxYXvzlHk

Best,
--P

On Thu, Apr 10, 2025 at 1:58 PM Tyler Neill via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

> Many thanks for everyone's responses on this Sanskrit comic book thread!
>
> To sum up so far:
>
> 1) Priya knew of 4 more Amar Chitra Katha in Sanskrit (Kālīdāsa [sic],
> Kaṇṇagi, Hakka-Bukka,  and Napoleon Bonaparte 😂) bringing the current
> total to 8.
>
>    - I've just noticed that these were uploaded by a user called "Comics
>    in Sanskrit
>    <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://archive.org/details/@comics_in_sanskrit/uploads__;!!IBzWLUs!TE3MY8ZPEuQbcMgfwM_VnK_FEzVSBWNqb7CED-cdWBZ3tcJS9oOkIWUjrfDt0bRZKvEzRlz8ndSpGuy095aEDvN4u4iz$>",
>    who also uploaded numerous other Sanskrit-translation items, including two
>    Tinkle competition winners ('80 and '84) and various Japanese manga (a
>    bunch of Doraemon, plus several not-safe-for-work romances!)
>
>
> 2) Vitus created a handy list on Archive to organize access to the 8 Amar
> Chitra Kathas, for starters:
> https://archive.org/details/@vangrmr/lists/1/sanskrit-comics
> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://archive.org/details/@vangrmr/lists/1/sanskrit-comics__;!!IBzWLUs!TE3MY8ZPEuQbcMgfwM_VnK_FEzVSBWNqb7CED-cdWBZ3tcJS9oOkIWUjrfDt0bRZKvEzRlz8ndSpGuy095aEDq1FJ7Ic$> (the
> general name suggests that other series are can be included, as well).
> Let's hopefully continue uncovering and uploading more!
>
> 3) Asko pointed out my mistake (thanks!), so now we know that the Ramayana
> item is in fact Amar Chitra Katha, as well. Too bad that people digitize
> these items without any front matter, leaving us these puzzles to solve.
>
>    - I've now deleted my original upload with the misleading identifier
>    ("mystery"), and the new item is at
>    https://archive.org/details/amar-chitra-katha-ramayana-sanskrit
>    <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://archive.org/details/amar-chitra-katha-ramayana-sanskrit__;!!IBzWLUs!TE3MY8ZPEuQbcMgfwM_VnK_FEzVSBWNqb7CED-cdWBZ3tcJS9oOkIWUjrfDt0bRZKvEzRlz8ndSpGuy095aEDsJO2u8e$>
>     (*@Vitus*: Can you please update your list with this new one?)
>
>
> 4) Madhav and Satyanad remind us that the similar publication Chandamama
> is extremely well organized online, in Sanskrit (
> https://www.chandamama.in/sanskrit/
> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.chandamama.in/sanskrit/__;!!IBzWLUs!TE3MY8ZPEuQbcMgfwM_VnK_FEzVSBWNqb7CED-cdWBZ3tcJS9oOkIWUjrfDt0bRZKvEzRlz8ndSpGuy095aEDp0BkMbk$>)
> and other languages.
>
> 5) Joel is interested in creating new comic and/or kids books based on
> Sanskrit or other classic texts. (He will almost certainly be interested in
> the above "Comics in Sanskrit" items!)
>
> I'm also still curious to hear what others may know about Pandit Gulam
> Dastgir, and/or the general history of these Sanskrit Amar Chitra Katha
> translations. Perhaps there's an article out there somewhere?
>
> Kind wishes,
> Tyler
>
> On Tue, Apr 1, 2025 at 8:03 AM <indology-request at list.indology.info>
> wrote:
>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Tyler Neill <tyler.g.neill at gmail.com>
>> To: indology at list.indology.info
>> Cc:
>> Bcc:
>> Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2025 09:57:02 -0400
>> Subject: [INDOLOGY] four Sanskrit comic books
>> Dear List,
>>
>> For over a decade, I've had in my possession two rare Amar Chitra Katha
>> comic books in Sanskrit (गंगा and भगवान् बुद्धः), given out by Sadananda
>> Das to students in his spoken Sanskrit summer course (Heidelberg, 2013). I
>> also discovered another one already digitized online (हनुमान्), plus one
>> more Sanskrit comic book (रामायण) that's not Amar Chitra Katha. Two of the
>> Amar Chitra Katha items clearly note the role of Pandit Gulam Dastgir, who
>> I believe was the translator of all three.
>>
>> Checking now, I'm surprised to see that no one else has yet made these
>> items easily available online, e.g., on Archive. They are great learning
>> tools, if nothing else.
>>
>> To fix this, I've now digitized my two and uploaded all four to Archive:
>> https://archive.org/details/amar-chitra-katha-ganga-sanskrit
>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://archive.org/details/amar-chitra-katha-ganga-sanskrit__;!!IBzWLUs!TE3MY8ZPEuQbcMgfwM_VnK_FEzVSBWNqb7CED-cdWBZ3tcJS9oOkIWUjrfDt0bRZKvEzRlz8ndSpGuy095aEDnaS26HE$>
>> https://archive.org/details/amar-chitra-katha-bhagavan-buddhah-sanskrit
>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://archive.org/details/amar-chitra-katha-bhagavan-buddhah-sanskrit__;!!IBzWLUs!TE3MY8ZPEuQbcMgfwM_VnK_FEzVSBWNqb7CED-cdWBZ3tcJS9oOkIWUjrfDt0bRZKvEzRlz8ndSpGuy095aEDrK7TZ1A$>
>> https://archive.org/details/amar-chitra-katha-hanuman-sanskrit
>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://archive.org/details/amar-chitra-katha-hanuman-sanskrit__;!!IBzWLUs!TE3MY8ZPEuQbcMgfwM_VnK_FEzVSBWNqb7CED-cdWBZ3tcJS9oOkIWUjrfDt0bRZKvEzRlz8ndSpGuy095aEDmo2QfdG$>
>> https://archive.org/details/mystery-comic-book-ramayana-sanskrit
>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://archive.org/details/mystery-comic-book-ramayana-sanskrit__;!!IBzWLUs!TE3MY8ZPEuQbcMgfwM_VnK_FEzVSBWNqb7CED-cdWBZ3tcJS9oOkIWUjrfDt0bRZKvEzRlz8ndSpGuy095aEDmmIV-z9$>
>>
>> Please enjoy and share widely. Let me know if there are any copyright
>> concerns, or if I can improve the metadata to make them easier to find.
>> Also, if you have or know of additional Sanskrit comic books of this sort,
>> please be in touch, maybe I can continue organizing better access.
>>
>> Kind wishes,
>> Tyler
>>
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