Pancatantra : the book of India's folk wisdom / translated from the original Sanskrit by Patrick Olivelle.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Olivelle, Patrick.

Series:

Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)

Oxford World's classics

Standardized Title:

Panchatantra. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sanskrit poetry.

Sanskrit literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1999, c1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Pancatantra is the most famous collection of fables in India and was one of the earliest Indian books to be translated into Western languages. No other Indian work has had a greater influence on world literature, and no other collection of stories has become as popular in India itself. A significant influence on the Arabian Nights and the Fables of La Fontaine, the Pancatantra teaches the principles of good government and public policythrough the medium of animal stories. Its positive attitude towards life and its advocacy of ambition, enterprise, and drive counters any preconception of pa

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Introduction; Sources, Author, and Date; Structure and Content; The Characters of the Pañcatantra; The Political and Moral Philosophy of the Pañcatantra; Versions and Translations; Note on the Translation; Bibliography; Guide to the Pronunciation of Sanskrit Words; PAÑCATANTRA; THE PRELUDE TO THE STORY; BOOK I: ON CAUSING DISSENSION AMONG ALLIES; Story 1: The Monkey That Pulled the Wedge; Story 2: The Jackal That Tried to Eat a Drum; Story 3: The Adventures of an Ascetic; Story 4: How the Crows Killed the Snake; Story 5: The Hare That Outwitted the Lion

Story 6: How the Louse Got Killed Trying to be Nice to a BugStory 7: How the Lion's Servants Got the Camel Killed; Story 8: How the Sandpiper Defeated the Ocean; Story 9: The Bird That Tried to Advise a Monkey; Story 10: Two Friends and Betrayed Trust; Story 11: The Iron-Eating Mice; BOOK II: ON SECURING ALLIES; Story 1: The Ascetic and the Mouse; Story 2: How Citranga Got Caught in a Trap; BOOK III: ON WAR AND PEACE: THE STORY OF THE CROWS AND THE OWLS; Story 1: The Ass in a Leopard's Skin; Story 2: The Owl is Elected King of Birds; Story 3: How the Rogues Tricked the Brahmin

Story 4: The Old Merchant and his Young WifeStory 5: The Thief, the Ogre, and the Brahmin; Story 6: How the Unfaithful Wife Tricked her Foolish Husband; Story 7: The Mouse That Turned into a Girl; Story 8: Frogs Go for a Ride on the Back of a Snake; BOOK IV: ON LOSING WHAT YOU HAVE GAINED; Story 1: The Ass without Ears or a Heart; BOOK V: ON HASTY ACTIONS; Story 1: Building Castles in the Air; Story 2: The Barber Who Killed the Monks; Appendices; I: Concordance of Stories; II: Stories in Other Pañcatantra Versions; Explanatory Notes; Glossary of Names; A; B; C; D; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; P; R; S

TU; V; Y; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [xliii]-l) and index.

ISBN:

0-19-160619-7

1-280-68018-0

9786613657114

0-19-159252-8

OCLC:

714569770