Indrajal Comics # 307 -The Forsaken Cave


   Wishing you all very happy and prosperous new year !!! 

           Hi all, I am back from my long absence due to personal problems. Today I am posting Indrajal Comics no. 307. Diana is visiting Phantom, and one day while he is out she tries the costume of only female Phantom Julie. She goes out in search of adventure and gets more than she can handle. What happens next ? Enjoy this fine adventure to know. 


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194 (1973): Night On The Mesa

It's S -86: The Smugglers (13 Feb 1972  - 14 May 1972)
Artist: Barry
Writer: Falk

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183 (1973) Sky High Piracy

 It's S-71: The Super Jet Pirates  (13 Aug 1967  - 26 Nov 1967)
Writer: Falk
Artist: Barry

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182 (1973) The Golden People

It's S-78: The Golden People (14 Dec 1969 - 29 Mar 1970)
Artist: Barry
Writter: Falk

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191(1973): The Kaluga Giant

 It's D-119: The Giant of Kaluga  (16 Oct 1972 -  27 Jan 1973)
Artist:  Barry 
Writer: Falk

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176 (1973) The Giant Man

It's D-147:  The Wonder that Amazed the World  (31 May 1971 - 11 Sep 1971)
Artist: Fred Fredericks

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187 (1973) The Floating Couple

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Today sharing  IJC version of Mandrake's the Daily Strips #150 (3 Apr 1972 - 1 Jul 1972):  The Mission.

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204 (1974) The Mystery Of Zokko

It's D120: Zokko (The Trial of Patrolman Zokko)  (29 Jan 1973  -  5 May 1973)
Writer: Lee Falk
Artist: Sy Barry   

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207 (1974) The Crystal Creatures

This Indrajal contains:

1.   Mandrake the Sunday strip - 117 :  The Blue Thing (21 May 1972 - 3 Sep 1972)
2. The Phantom's story:  Diana's Ransom  from Charlton 58 (Oct 1973)

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165 (1972) The FabulousTrophy

It's S-83: The Trophy Bearer (The Stolen Trophy) 
(16 May 1971    1 Aug 1971)
Artist: Sy Barry
Writer: Lee Falk

The Jungle Olympics are underway again, and this year it is the previous winners Oongaan (mainly thanks to their individual athlete Obiju) who traditionally carries the trophy from their village to the Jungle Olympics arena to present it to the Phantom before the games commence.

But unbeknown to the trophy bearer Obiju, former shipmates of his have followed him into the jungle and now stand ready to claim the priceless trophy for themselves and plunge the games into chaos as the runaway favourites Wambesi are on the verge of victory.

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164 (1972) The Wonder Child

It's  D-144: Hojo's Tale (27 Jul 1970 - 5 Dec 1970)
Artist: Fred Fredericks

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186 (1973) Gold or Death

It's D-117: The Tanker-Jackers (10 Apr 1972  - 15 Jul 1972)
Writer: Lee Falk
Artist: Sy Barry   

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163 (1972) The False Will


It's D-138: The Evil Ones (26 Aug 1968  - 7 Dec 1968)

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There are last 2 advertisement pages are missing only. This version has 30 pages.

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162 (1972) - The Diamond Mountain

This Indrajal  contains 2 the phantom stories from   Charlton 47 (Dec 1971):
  • Soundless Voices
  • The Vapors of Vulcan
Writer:  Joe Gill
Artist: Pat Boyette

and one Flash Gordon story from Charlton (Flash Gordon) 13
  • Trapped In The Cave Of The Mudmen
Artist: Pat Boyette

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161 (1972): Year 50 000 AD

It's D-135: The Mysterious Bureau (25 Sep 1967 - 13 Jan 1968)
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160 (1972) The Skull Cave

It's a combo version which  contains 3 the phantom stories from  Chalton 46 (Oct 1971) & Charlton 47 (Dec 1971); and some more strips.
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159 (1972) The Secret Cave of Kings

It's reprint version of Charlton #45 which contains following stories:
  • Return of the Ruby
  • Phantom and John Paul Jones
  • The Cave of Kings
Writter: Joe Gill
Artist: Pat Boyette

All credits go to Venkitachalam Subramanian who scanned & edited this C2C High Resolution Version. 

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158 (1972) - The Money Lenders

 This Indrajal contains two stories:

1. The Money Lenders:    It's S112 - The Shark (7 Mar 1971 - 23 May 1971)

2. The Secret Life of Hojo: It's S111 -  Hojo's Secret (10 Jan 1971 - 28 Feb 1971)

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157 (1972) The Black Gold Pirates

It's S74  -  The Black Gold Pirates (18 Aug 1968-29 Dec 1968)
Script- Lee Falk
Artist - Sr Barry    

The world is baffled by a number of oil robberies taking place on board giant super tankers in the middle of the ocean. What happens to all the oil? A puzzled Phantom sets out to investigate.

Meanwhile, and to the delight of her mother, Diana Palmer has accepted an invitation to spend the evening with the super-rich oil magnate Count Petro. Unknown to both the Phantom and Diana, their paths are soon to converge in the most unlikely way...

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FORUM Updates: NEW URL of Indrajal Forum & requirement of Re-registration

Hello all,
Due to some server/technical problems,on the 3rd Novermber we've to move our Forum to another new url: http://indrajalforum.46.forumer.com/
So from now onwards,please use this url only to visit the forum(between,old board has been disabled to avoid confusion). Due to this technical problem,there were some posts we couldn't move to the new forum and hence,unfortunately,got deleted...but most are successfully moved,only original post-date has been updated to the current date,for obvious reason. :-)

AND ANOTHER IMPORTANT THING IS Old members(i.e. already registered users) have to Re-register in the new Forum,as we are using a new web-address!! Sorry for this inconvenience,but hope you will understand & cooperate! :-)
Now,you can use various forums through four different categories as follows:

  • GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
    INDRAJAL UNIVERSE
    BEYOND THE INDRAJAL UNIVERSE
    CHATTER BOX

Thanks & Cheers,
Hojo
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IJC #343 - The Black Stinger

This comics contains two stories of Flash Gordon. First one is 'The Black Stinger'. In this you will read about the combat between Flash and Skorpi Ace Baron Dak-Tula. Skorpi general wants to defeat Flash in one to one combat to keep his record unblemished. He challenges Flash to a death duel. What happens then ?

Second story is 'Warriors from Dark Continent'. Flash is assigned as an instructor to the 'The Space Kids Gang' for a star cruise. They meet  a strange dark world whose hostile space ship attacks them. They are able to repulse the attac momentarily, but in retaliation aliens attack earth with their special weapon. It blacks out the earth. How did Flash along with Space kids faced the threat. Read this exciting story.





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146 (1971) The Cobra

It's D-133:  The Return of Evil - The Cobra (16 Jan 1967 ~ 3 Jun 1967)
Script: Lee Falk
Artist: Fred Fredericks

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Thanks to Raj for providing page 1 &2 in Hindi! It helped fixing old scans of the cover & finding out similar 2nd (ad) page.
Rest all pages are scanned & edited by Venkitachalam Subramanian. 
Additional editing by me. 

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095 (1969) Night In Denkali

It's D43 - The Governor's Family (17 Sep 1951 - 1 Dec 1951)
Writer: Lee Falk
Artist: Wilson McCoy
The story: The wife and son of Bengali’s Governor are kidnapped to put the Governor under pressure to introduce and support a bill that would favour graft and organised crime.

Informed by the jungle telegraph, the Phantom first has to find the kidnap victims and then guide them to safety past Sir Ali's vast army of unscrupulous gangsters...


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All credits go to Venkitachalam Subramanian who scanned & edited this High Resolution Version.  The physical copy was without cover pages. Special thanks to Anurag Dixit for providing 3 cover pages of Hindi IJC #95 pages. Only inside cover ad page in English Venkit couldn't find out in other scans. That's why it contains 31 pages only.

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143 (1971) The Missing Daddy

It's D108 - The Missing Daddy (The Runaway Girl)

Original run in the papers: 19 Jan 1970 - 18 Apr 1970
Script: Lee Falk
Art: Sy Barry

The story: Determined to reach the jungle’s edge to summon the Phantom, a girl escapes from hospital dressed only in a bikini and sandals. The latter is prepared, thanks to radio reports warning the public of an escaped patient suffering from bubonic plague.

With the girl safely in the Deep Woods, the Phantom learns that her father is missing after returning to Bengali to clear his name back in the States. Determined to find who is lying and who is telling the truth, the Phantom starts to trawl through a web of deceit that brings him nearer to the violent, disturbing truth...

There are pages 2,31 & 32 missing. The cover is added from older version by Venkitachalam Subramanian who scanned & edited & uploaded it.

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169 (1972) Partners in Crime

It's D-148: Magic Man (13 Sep 1971 - 18 Dec 1971).
 Script: Lee Falk
Artist: Fred Fredericks 
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154 (1972) The Hijackers

It's S076 - The Hijackers ( 27 Apr 1969 - 3 Aug 1969)
Script: Lee Falk
Art: Sy Barry

Summary: A number of daring plane hijackings are so puzzling the authorities that the Phantom, on a visit to Diana, asks Dave Palmer for an introduction to Planet Airways, who have had no less than six planes hijacked.

It soon becomes clear that the planes are in the possession of Prince Charl of the Highlands, or 'The Cheap' as he is called due to his obsession with bargains. His new scheme is charging 1 million dollars per month in ‘plane parking fees’. The Phantom wastes no time in heading for the Highlands, where things are about to turn nasty...

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153 (1972) The Master Of Disguise

It's D-145: The Clay Camel (plus Women's Lib!) ( 7 Dec 1970 - 6 Mar 1971).
Script: Lee Falk
Artist: Fred Fredericks

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145 (1971) The Secret Mission

It's D109 - Luaga's Undercover Tour (20 Apr 1970    25 Jul 1970) by Falk- Barry.

 
The story: The Jungle Patrol’s secret Commander orders the Captain Smyhte and Lt. Baranda to accompany President Luaga on a tour of the border villages, where an undercover "Doc" Luaga is to pose as a tourist and collect data on real conditions.

This sounds like potential trouble, and it is. The trio have to fight their way out of a number of tight spots as Luaga keeps talking into his camera/tape recorder, and they seem to have finally met their match when they walk straight into a town full of bandits and a carefully prepared trap...

All thanks and credits go to Venkitachalam Subramanian who scanned this comic in high resolution.
     Missing pages  21 (as 19a) & 22 ( as 19b) are taken from old version, but improved.
     It's another fixed & cleaned IJC by me, however this time some panels  (not all pages like #147) were damaged only. Hoping you'll like this C2C version.


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104 (1970) The Ghost Tribe

It's a reprinted version of Charlton Comics #35 (Dec 1969).
Writter: Bill Harris    
Artist:Bill Lignante

This Indrajal contains two stories:
1. The Ghost Tribe
2. The Elephant Graveyard
All credits go to Venkitachalam Subramanian who scanned & edited this C2C High Resolution Version. Special thanks to Anurag Dixit, his c2c Hindi version helped a lot finding out  missing pages 1,2,31 & 32 from earlier available scans. Hoping you'll like this comics!
 
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337 (1979) The Corba Diamond

Update: #151 English link is replaced. Now it has all pages.
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It's D68 - The Crown Jewels of Corba  ( 23 Sep 1957 - 21 Dec 1957) by Falk& McCoy.

Corba is a beautiful place famous for its royal diamond collection. Marston ,a diamond expert is eager to see them. He arrives in Corba with his daughter and rushes off to see the collection. After examining the diamonds he he declares them to be fake. Suddenly all hell breaks loose. Marston disappears. His daughter tries to find him but everyone in Corba seems against her. One friendly person advices her to seek Phantom's help. What happenes then ? Read the comics  for the surprise and unexpected end. Hoping you'll like this comics.

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Pages 1 to 30 are scanned by  IUnknown.
Pages 31 & 32 are scanned by Raj from a Hindi version.
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131 (1971) The Deadly Trap

It contains two comics by Lee Falk:
1. A Pride of Lion: It's S #70 -The Lions of Kukhan (09-Apr-1967 to 06-Aug-1967)
Artist:Barry
Summary: The Highland have never been admirers of the Phantom’s, and this hatred of The Ghost Who Walks has intensified further with the introduction of new laws banning hunting, slave trading and punitive taxing of the jungle tribes. Something needs to be done, and prince Kukhan sees himself as the man to deliver.

The prince sets an elaborate scheme into action involving four cruelly trained female lions that are released in the jungle to spread chaos and destruction and to attract the Phantom to the prince’s palace, where more deadly surprises lie in wait...


2. The Jungle Hospital

which is the Daily  Strips #58 -Dr Axel and the Witchmen
First Newspaper run: 01-Aug-1955 to 08-Oct-1955
Artist: Wilson McCoy

Summary: The jungle witch doctors, whose influence has been on the wane since the introduction and subsequent success of modern medicine in Dr. Axel's hospital, assemble on their infamous meeting place Mt. Weerd to hatch plans to eliminate a powerful rival.

When the witch doctors fail to expel Dr. Axel by employing voodoo, they resort to more hands-on approaches, prompting a journalist visiting the hospital to slip away and summon the Phantom, but she strays too near Mt. Weerd. Time is running out fast ....



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147 (1971) The Secret Of Misty Mountains

It's S077 - The Missing Link (10 Aug 1969 - 7 Dec 1969)
Script: Lee Falk
Art: Sy Barry

The story: Colonel Worobu of the Jungle Patrol requests advice from his unknown Commander when the famous anthropologist Dr. Weeber and his daughter go missing in the Misty Mountains whilst on the verge of a "fantastic discovery".

Taking over the case, the Phantom catches up with the lost pair, completely unaware that he soon will be standing face to face with a phenomenon an injured Dr. Weeber calls "a link between ape and man"...

Note: It's first Sunday Strips in which Col Worobu appeared, however very firt time we meet with him in D106 - Rex, The Missing Heir (23 Jun 1969 -   4 Oct 1969).

 It's a cover to cover, but a fixed version. Scanned by Venkitachalam Subramanian.

Fixing panels and recovering first line of texts (almost every page, which were cut while binding) took some days. Hoping you'll enjoy as usual scan. :)
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151 (1972) The Gladiator

It's  D107 - The Gladiator (6 Oct 1969 -17 Jan 1970) 
Script: Lee Falk 
Art: Sy Barry 

The story: Exhausted after yet another vicious fight with bandits, the Phantoms falls asleep in a quiet glen, but is woken up by desperate pleas for help from a terrified woman. Her husband has just been killed by a barbaric monster with eyes “like burning coals” and skin “like stone”.

Following a harrowing trail of death and destruction, a troubled Phantom soon catches up with his prey and is forced to engage in combat with one of the most awsome adversaries he has ever faced and whose life story beggars belief...

Hoping you'll like this comics. All credits go to Venkitachalam Subramanian who scanned & edited it.

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152 (1972) Joomba The Giant Elephant

 It's the Daily Strips # 99 - The Rogue Elephant  (2 Oct 1967 -  20 Jan 1968)

Script: Lee Falk 
Art: Sy Barry

The story: After a long stay & batttling against  organised crime in the States (check D096 The Satchel  (IJC-101); D097 The Crime School (IJC-134); and D098 Deadman's Point (IJC-141);  the Phantom returns the Deepwoods.

But his homecoming is not a happy one: ruthless hunters are indiscriminately killing and capturing animals, and a wounded Joomba (Rex' pet elephant) is terrorising the whole jungle. The Phantom must confront a berserk Joomba alone with little hope of sparing the latter’s life...

Hoping you'll like this comics. All credits go to Venkitachalam Subramanian who scanned & edited it.


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150 (1972) The Goldman

It's Daily Strips #137- The Gold Crisis (13 May 1968 - 24 Aug 1968)
Script: Lee Falk
Artist: Fred Fredericks

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141 (1971) The Gangsters' Graveyard

It's daily strips #98 - Deadman's Point (26 Jun 1967 - 30 Sep 1967)
Script: Lee Falk
Art: Sy Barry

Summary: The Phantom gets very unusual call for help from the entertainer Connie Lou, whose family carry the Phantom’s good mark. Connie’s boyfriend Stacy has disappeared during a dive to treasure-hunt an over 300 year old shipwreck near Deadman's Point.

Arriving just in time to save Connie from the same fate as Stacy, the Phantom does not waste any time heading into the depths of Deadman’s Point to discover the unsettling truth in very murky waters...

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144 (1971): The Mysterious Eight

This Indrajal contains daily strips #132 - The Trail of 8 (19 Sep 1966 - 14 Jan 1967). It's story about 2nd encounter of Mandrake with "8".
Script: Lee Falk
Artist: Fred Fredericks

All thanks and credits go to Venkitachalam Subramanian who scanned this cover to cover version in high resolution. This time I'm posting after additional cleaning.

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IJC# 353 Mystery of Sunken Treasure in English and Hindi

 
Hi everyone, We have today special treat for you. IJC 353 in two languages. This is a nice story about a sunken ship having a treasure on board. Coast guard is guarding it day and night. Two crooks hatch a plot to steal the treasure which also involves Diana Palmer. Do they succeed? Read on ...

Originaly it was daily strip 72 - The Underwater Diamond Thieves (3 Nov 1958~7 Mar 1959)

Written by Lee Falk
Artist: Wilson McCoy

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Edited by: Prabhat.
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सभी इंद्रजाल कॉमिक्स के दीवानों को IUknown का नमस्कार. आज हम लाए  है, इंद्रजाल कॉमिक्स संख्या ३५३ का  दो भाषाओं में प्रस्तुस्तीकरण.

इसमे एक डूबे जहाज पर स्थित खजाने की लूट की कहानी है| दो चोर डकैती की अनूठी योजना बनाते है, तटरक्षक दल के नाक के नीचे|  इसके लिए वो डायना को एक झूठी कहानी बताकर अपनी योजनामें  शामिल कर लेते हैं|  क्या वो सफल होते है? आगे पढ़िए...

इसका स्कैनिंग मैंने किया है और संपादन का कम प्रभात का है. आशा है आपको पसंद आयेगा |


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इंद्रजाल कॉमिक्स संक्या २२८: तुलसीकृत "रामचरित मानस" भाग २: उत्तरार्ध


बंधुओं आज प्रस्तुत है, अनुराग भाई के अद्वितीय हिंदी इंद्रजाल संग्रह से  हिन्दी साहित्य की एक महानतम रचना का कॉमिक रूपांतरण: 

इस कॉमिक की खाशियत यह है कि इसमें मूल ग्रंथ की चौपाइयों या उसके अंशों के साथ समकालीन हिंदी भाषांतर भी है|   

रामचरितमानस अधिनायकों  और उनके बलिदानों की कहानी है| यह वर्णों के विभिन्न प्रकार और उनके व्यवहार, रवैया, संचार और नेतृत्व  की अलग शैली की कहानी है| वैसे तो माना जाता है यह मुख्यतः उत्तर भारत के हिन्दुओं के घर- घर पाया जानेवाला धर्म ग्रंथ है, लेकिन जो नीति और मर्यादा पुरुषोतम का उदाहरण इसमें दी गयी है, वो धर्म, प्रदेशों और देशों  की सीमाओं से बहुत ऊपर है|

रामचरितमानस शब्द "राम", "चरित" (चरित्र) और "मानस" (सरोवर) शब्दों के मेल से बना है अर्थात् "राम के चरित्र का सरोवर"।रामचरितमानस को सामान्यतः 'तुलसी रामायण' या 'तुलसी कृत रामायण' भी कहा जाता है| इस महाग्रंथ के रचियता गोस्वामी तुलसीदास जी (1532 -1623) ने  बालकाण्ड में स्वयं लिखा है कि उन्होंने रामचरितमानस की रचना का आरंभ अयोध्यापुरी में विक्रम संवत् 1631 (1574 AD) के रामनवमी (मंगलवार) को किया था| गीताप्रेस गोरखपुर के श्री हनुमान प्रसाद पोद्दार के अनुसार रामचरितमानस को लिखने में गोस्वामी तुलसीदास जी को दो वर्ष सात माह एवं छब्बीस दिन का समय लगा था और संवत् 1633 (1576 AD) के मार्गशीर्ष शुक्लपक्ष में रामविवाह के दिन उसे पूर्ण किया था|  

रामचरित मानस की रचना उस समय की अवधी भाषा में की गई थी जो कि हिंदी की ही एक शाखा है| ।  मानस में संस्कृत, फारसी और उर्दू के शब्दों की भरमार है। तुलसीदास ने अवधी और ब्रज भाषा के मिले-जुले स्वरूप को प्रचलित किया। तुलसीदास ने संज्ञाओं का प्रयोग क्रिया के रूप में किया तथा क्रियाओं का प्रयोग संज्ञा के रूप में। इस प्रकार के प्रयोगों के उदाहरण बिरले ही मिलते हैं। तुलसीदास ने भाषा को नया स्वरूप दिया।

अपने दीर्घ जीवन-काल में तुलसीदास जी ने कुल 22 कृतियों की रचना की है जिनमें से पाँच बड़ी एवं छः मध्यम श्रेणी में आती हैं। रामचरितमानस के बाद हनुमान चालीसा, जो कि हिन्दुओं की दैनिक प्रार्थना कही जाती है, तुलसीदास जी की अत्यन्त लोकप्रिय साहित्य रचना है। 

रामचरितमानस निम्नलिखित सात "काण्डों" में विभक्त हैः
१.बालकाण्ड (१-३६१)
२.अयोध्या काण्ड (१-३२६)
पहले दो काण्डों पर कॉमिक्स का पहला भाग आधारित था, यह भाग बाकी पाँच काण्डों पर  आधारित है| 
 
३.अरण्य काण्ड (१-४६)
४.किष्किन्धा काण्ड (१-३०)
५.सुन्दर काण्ड (१-६०)
६.लंका काण्ड (१-१२१)
७.उत्तर कांड (१-१३१)

संशोधन के पहले 
इस महाकाव्य पे जितना भी लिखा जाय कम है, विशिष्ठ पहलुओं पे फिर  कभी History and Mythology ब्लॉग पे हम आगे बढ़ेंगे|  

तुलसीकृत  "रामचरित मानस" भाग २: उत्तरार्ध
संचयन: नरेन्द्र शर्मा
चित्रकार: रवि परांजेप
कुल  पृष्ठ: ९३
स्कैन योगदानकर्ता: अनुराग दीक्षित
 
अगर आप इसे पढ़ना चाहते हैं तो डाउनलोड करने के लिए लिंक यहाँ नीचे उपलब्ध है:
संशोधन  के बाद 
 
१६०० पिक्सेल- ४९.४७ MB
                 या
२००० पिक्सेल - १०९.५ MB


 तनिक स्कैन संशोधन में मेरा भी  प्रयास शामिल है| मिसाल की तौर पे पेश है, मात्र दो पृष्टों में से एक पृष्ट जिसका एक भाग क्षतिग्रस्त था| मुख्य पृष्ठ पे मामूली सी मरम्मत और बाकि सभी चमकदार बनाने की कोशिश की है, जो शायद और भी अच्छी हो सकती थी|


उम्मीद है आप सभी निराश ना होंगे|


चलते चलते कुछ अनमोल शब्द रामचरित मानस से ही: 

सचिव बैद गुरु तीनि जौं,
प्रिय बोलहिं भय आस
राज, धर्म,तन तीनि कर,
होई बेगहिं नास
अर्थात: मंत्री, बैद्य और गुरु ये तीन यदि अप्रसन्नता के भय या लाभ की आशा में प्रिय शब्द कहते हैं, यानि वास्तविकता को छिपाते हैं, वैसे राज्य, शरीर और धर्म इन तीनों का नाश निश्चित है|
 ~ सुन्दरकांड


खल सन कलह न भल नहिं प्रीति
अर्थात: अशांति के साथ ना कलह अच्छा, ना ही प्रेम अच्छा |  
~ उत्तरकांड

दुष्टों के बारे में:


झूठलेना झूठदेना झूठ भोजन झूठ चबेना
बोलहिं मधुर बचन जिमी मोरा खाई महा अहि ह्रदय कठोर


अर्थात: उनका झूठा ही लेना और झूठा ही देना होता है । झूठा ही भोजन होता है और झूठा ही चबेना होता है| यानि लेन - देन के व्यवहार में झूठ का आश्रय लेकर दूसरों का हक़ मारते हैं और खुद फायदा  उठाकर  मदद करने का ढोंग करते हैं|  जैसे मोर बहुत मीठा बोलता है, परन्तु  ह्रदय  कठोर होता है। वैसे ही दुष्ट भी ऊपर से मीठे बचन बोलते हैं, परन्तु ह्रदय के बड़े निर्दयी होते हैं ।


अवगुन सिन्धु मंदमति कामी बेद बिदूषक परधन स्वामी
बिप्र द्रोह पर द्रोह बिसेषा दंभ कपट जिय धरे सुबेषा


अर्थात: वे अवगुणों के समुद्र , मंदबुद्धि कामी और पराये धन को लूटने वाले होते हैं । वे दूसरों से द्रोह रखते हैं। उनके ह्रदय में कपट और दंभ भरा होता है परन्तु वे सुन्दर वेश धारण किये रहते हैं|



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3 IJC (1974): 197 - To Each his Own, 203 - Treasure from No Man's Land & 206 - Operation JIG-3


India got its independence from the clutches of British rule on 15th August 1947, after a great political and social struggle.

All of us can move around freely and sleep fearlessly because our soldiers are at the frontiers guarding us from the enemies. They are the brave sons of India with a deep respect and love for their motherland.

Away from family and friends, they live in inhospitable conditions, yet their commitment never wavers.

Whenever enemies have been attacked, our soldiers have shown great valor and determination. These resolute soldiers are ever ready to do their duty unto death without hesitation. We are protected and secure because of them.

These 3 Indrajal are dedicated to the brave soldiers of India.



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