Kalilah and Dimnah : fables of virtue and vice /

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Timeless fables of loyalty and betrayal Like Aesop's Fables, Kalīlah and Dimnah is a collection designed not only for moral instruction, but also for the entertainment of readers. The stories, which originated in the Sanskrit Panchatantra and Mahabharata, were adapted, augmented, and translate...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Ibn al-Muqaffaʻ, -approximately 760 (Traductor), Fishbein, Michael (Editor , Traductor), Montgomery, James E. (James Edward), 1962- (Traductor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, [2021]
Colección:Library of Arabic literature.
Temas:
Didactic literature, Arabic > Translations into English.
Didactic literature, Arabic
fables.
Fables
Translations
Fables.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Letter from the General Editor
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Map: Principal Translations of the Arabic Kalilah wa-Dimnah
  • Note on the Text
  • Notes to the Introduction
  • Kalīlah and Dimnah
  • How Anūsharwān Sent Barzawayh to India to Transcribe Kalīlah and Dimnah
  • The Book of Kalīlah and Dimnah
  • The Chapter of Barzawayh the Physician
  • The Lion and the Ox
  • The Investigation of Dimnah
  • The Ring Dove
  • The Crows and the Owls
  • The Turtle and the Monkey
  • The Holy Man and the Mongoose
  • The Cat and the Rat
  • The King and the Bird Finzah
  • The Lion and the Jackal
  • King Haylār and His Minister Baylār
  • The Mendicant and the Goldsmith
  • The King's Son and His Companions
  • The Horseman, the Lioness, and the Jackal
  • The Ascetic and His Guest
  • Notes
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Further Reading
  • Index of Proper Names
  • About the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute
  • About this E-book
  • Titles Published by the Library of Arabic Literature
  • About the Editor-Translators

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