152 Pages
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Routledge
152 Pages
by
Routledge
152 Pages
by
Routledge
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First Published in 1965, The Panchatantra is a reprint of Franklin Edgerton’s translation, first published in volume two of Panchatantra Reconstructed (1924), with some minor alterations. Probably no other work of Hindu literature has played so important a part in the literature of the world as the Sanskrit story collection called the Panchatantra . The title means ‘the five books’, and most... Read more
Translators Introduction Introductory Section of Panchatantra Book I. The Separation of Friends, or, the Lion and the Bull Book II. The Winning of Friends, or, the Dove, Crow, Mouse, Tortoise, and Deer Book III. War and Peace, or, the Crows and the Owls Book IV. The Loss of One’s Gettings, or, the Ape and the Crocodile Book V. Hasty Action, or, the Brahman and the Mongoose
Biography
Franklin Edgerton was an American linguistic scholar. He was Salisbury Professor of Sanskrit and Comparative Philology at Yale University (1926) and visiting professor at Benares Hindu University (1953–4).
