The Panchatantra-Text of Purnabhadra. Critical Introd. and List of Variants by Johannes Hertel
The Panchatantra-Text of Purnabhadra. Critical Introd. and List of Variants by Johannes Hertel

Author: Johannes Hertel

Publisher: Wentworth Press

Published: 2019-03-16

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 9781010343233

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The Panchatantra
The Panchatantra

Author: Johannes Hertel

Publisher: Рипол Классик

Published:

Total Pages: 347

ISBN-13: 5882449324

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The Panchatantra: A Collection of Ancient Hindu Tales in the Recension, Called Panchakhyanaka, and Dated 1199 A. D., of the Jaina monk, purnabhadra.

The Fall of the Indigo Jackal
The Fall of the Indigo Jackal

Author: McComas Taylor

Publisher: State University of New York Press

Published: 2012-02-01

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 0791479765

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Every child growing up in India knows the story of the jackal who fell into the vat of blue dye, and discovering the power of his majestic new appearance, declared himself king of the forest. In spite of his pretenses, the jackal, eventually betrayed by his own instincts, was set upon by the other animals. This and many similar narratives are found in the Pañcatantra, the collection of Sanskrit tales for children compiled by a Jaina monk named Pūrṇabhadra in 1199 CE. In this book, McComas Taylor looks at the discourses that give shape and structure to the fall of the indigo jackal and the other tales within the Pañcatantra. The work's fictional metasociety of animals, kings, and laundrymen are divided according to their jāti, or "kind." This discourse of caste holds that individuals' essential natures, statuses, and social circles are all determined by their birth. Taylor applies contemporary critical theory developed by Foucault, Bourdieu, Barthes, and others to show how these ideas are related to other Sanskritic master-texts, and describes the "regime of truth" that provides validation for the discourse of division.

The Pancatantra
The Pancatantra

Author: Sarma, Visnu

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2006-08-31

Total Pages: 505

ISBN-13: 0140455663

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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.