Saat Bhai Champa
A more detailed version of the story was published by Bishnu Dey under the name "Sat Bhai Champa" in 1944.
When the time of labor is upon Sulata, her eight children - seven boys and a girl - are taken from her and thrown in a hole in the garden, and animals are put in their place.
The king learns of the truth and condemns Premlata and the other queens to be buried alive in a pit filled with thorns and brambles.
Finally, the she gives birth to eight children, seven boys and a girl, who are taken by the co-queens and buried under a dung heap, and replaced by puppies and a kitten.
The king, seeing the little animals, banishes the seventh queen to the menial position of cleaning the cowshed.
Some time later, the king's gardener tries to pluck the flowers, but the trees begin to speak and call for the co-queens to come.
[9] Indologist Heinz Mode [de] and Arun Ray translated the tale into German as Die sieben Champakabrüder ("The Seven Champaka Brothers").
In their joint work, researcher Noriko Mayeda and Indologist W. Norman Brown listed Bradley-Birt's translation as belonging to the same type, under a form that appears locally in India: the children of a slandered queen are stolen and killed, but reincarnate into flowers.
[13] Heinz Mode and Arun Ray also classified the tale they translated as type ATU 707.
[14] Sat-Bhai Champa painting by Gaganendranath Tagore is considered a masterpiece in contemporary Indian arts.
Several Bengali film have been made based on the Saat Bhai Champa story, including:
