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thumb|right|upright|Adam and Eve being cast out from the Garden of Eden in the Dispersed Falnama thumb|right|upright|Coffin of Ali|Imam 'Ali from the Dispersed Falnama|alt=Refer to caption The Persian word Falnama () covers two forms of bibliomancy (fortune-telling using a book) used historically in Iran, Turkey, and India. Quranic Falnamas were sections at the end of Quran manuscripts used for fortune-telling based on a grid. In the 16th century, Falnama manuscripts were introduced that used a different system; individuals performed purification rituals, opened a random page in the book and i

15 folktales from South India

Lilatilakam (IAST: Līlā-tilakam, "diadem of poetry") is a 14th-century Sanskrit-language treatise on the grammar and poetics of the Manipravalam language style, a blend of Sanskrit and early Malayalam used in the Kerala region of India.

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Akhepatar (, ) is a Gujarati language novel written by Bindu Bhatt. The book was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for Gujarati in 2003 and received critical acclaim from several Gujarati authors, including Mansukh Salla and Chandrakant Topiwala.

Kaumudi-Mahotsava (IAST: Kaumudīmahotsava, "Festival of Moonlight") is a Sanskrit play of uncertain date, known from a single manuscript discovered in the present-day state of Kerala, India. The portion of the manuscript that likely contained the playwright's name is damaged, but the name appears to be feminine—some scholars interpret it as "Vijjakaya"—though this remains uncertain. Several scholars have made attempts to identify the play's characters with historical figures, but most modern scholars consider it a work of fiction.