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Category : Vedic language
Languages : en
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Didactic tales and fables.
The First Book of the Hitopadeśa
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Category : Vedic language
Languages : en
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Didactic tales and fables.
The Hitopadesa
Author: NarayanaPublisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141907983
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
Composed between 800 and 950 AD, Narayana's Hitopadesa is one of the best-known of all works in Sanskrit literature. A fascinating collection of fables, maxims and sayings in verse, it combines a wide variety of writings from earlier authors in one volume - a 'garden of pleasing stories' created to provide guidance, wisdom and political advice to the reader. With elegance and great humour, Narayana weaves a framework for the classic tales, here narrated by animals who quote from and reflect on stories from the Pancatantra and other traditional sources. At once an anthology of folk wisdom and an original and satirical work in its own right, the Hitopadesa has been deeply admired and widely read for more than a thousand years for its humorous and profound reflections on human lives, loves, follies and philosophies.
The First Book of the Hitopadeśa
Author: Friedrich Max MüllerPublisher:
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Category : Ethics
Languages : en
Pages : 168
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Hitopadesa
Author: Narayana (tr. HaskarPublisher: Penguin Books India
ISBN: 9780144000791
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 268
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The Ever-Popular Book Of Good Counsels From Ancient India. One Of The Best-Known Sanskrit Classics, Narayana&Rsquo;S Hitopadesa Is A Fascinating Collection Of Animal And Human Fables Augmented With Polished Verse Epigrams And Gnomic Stanzas, Many Of Which Have Become Proverbial. This Satirical, Often Irreverent And Sometimes Ribald Text Has Been Popular For Centuries As A Compendium Of Worldly Advice On Matters Ranging From Statesmanship And Detailed Battle Plans To Personal Conduct And Marital Fidelity. It Has Also Served Generations Of Students As A Model Of Grammatical And Metaphorical Excellence. In This &Lsquo;Garden Of Pleasing Stories&Rsquo;, As Narayan Himself Describes It, Birds, Beasts, Men And Women Scheme, Suffer, Lust, Err, Grieve And Rejoice, Acting As Perceptive Social Critics And Astute Commentators On The Absurd Nature Of Human Folly. Combining His Own Literary Genius With Skilful Selections And Modifications Of Material From The Panchatantra And A Host Of Other Traditional Sources, Narayan Has Created A Refreshingly Original Masterpiece. This Excellent New Translation Faithfully Renders The Wit And Wisdom Of The Original. &Nbsp;
Hitopadeśa
Author: Shripati AwasthiPublisher:
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Didactic tales and fables in verse.
The Book of Good Counsels
Author: Sir Edwin ArnoldPublisher:
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Category : Fables, Sanskrit
Languages : en
Pages : 204
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The Pancatantra
Author: Sarma, VisnuPublisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0140455663
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 505
Book Description
First recorded 1500 years ago, but taking its origins from a far earlier oral tradition, the Pancatantra is ascribed by legend to the celebrated, half-mythical teacher Visnu Sarma. Asked by a great king to awaken the dulled intelligence of his three idle sons, the aging Sarma is said to have composed the great work as a series of entertaining and edifying fables narrated by a wide range of humans and animals, and together intended to provide the young princes with vital guidance for life. Since first leaving India before AD 570, the Pancatantra has been widely translated and has influenced a cast number of works in India, the Arab world and Europe, including the Arabian Nights, the Canterbury Tales and the Fables of La Fontaine. Enduring and profound, it is among the earliest and most popular of all books of fables.
The Hitopadeśa of Nārāyaṇa
Author: Moreshvar Ramchandra KālePublisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
ISBN: 9788120806023
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
This work aims at teaching the principles of polity guided by morality, presenting them in the agreeable form of stories written mainly in prose interspersed with verse. It belongs to that class of compositions which imparts instructions through fables inspired by the wisdom of its place and time. The work is divided into four books: The book I describes how to win friends. The book II deals with the circumstances leading to the loss of friends. The book III relates war and the book IV to conciliation.
Hitopadeśa
Author: Francis JohnsonPublisher:
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Category : Fables
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
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