The five discourses on worldly wisdom

Author(s)

• Viṣṇuśarman
• Olivelle, Patrick

Bibliographic Information

The five discourses on worldly wisdom

by Viṣṇuśarman ; translated by Patrick Olivelle

（The Clay Sanskrit library）

New York University Press : JJC Foundation, 2006

1st ed

Other Title

Pañcatantra

5 discourses on worldly wisdom

Note

Fables

In English and Sanskrit (romanized) on facing pages; includes translations from Sanskrit

Includes bibliographical references (p. 47-48) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The king despairs of his idle sons, so he hires a learned brahmin who promises to make their lessons in statecraft unmissable. The lessons are disguised as short stories, featuring mainly animal protagonists. Many of these narratives have traveled across the world, and are known in the West as Aesop's fables. Co-published by New York University Press and the JJC Foundation For more on this title and other titles in the Clay Sanskrit series, please visit http://www.claysanskritlibrary.org

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Details

• NCID: BA78190666
• ISBN:
  • 9780814762080
• LCCN: 2006005181
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: engsan
• Original Language Code: san
• Place of Publication: [New York]
• Pages/Volumes: 562 p.
• Size: 17 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PK3798.V835
  • DC22 : 891.2/3
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA71843284