Instructive and Entertaining Fables of Pilpay, an Ancient Indian Philosopher - Couverture souple

Pilpay

 
9781850771449: Instructive and Entertaining Fables of Pilpay, an Ancient Indian Philosopher
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1850771448 ISBN 13 : 9781850771449
Editeur : Darf Publishers Ltd, 1987

Synopsis

The Fables of Pilpay is the Arabic version of a lost original of Panchatantra , a Sanskrit collection of fables. Pilpay , or Bidpai , is a corruption of Bidpah , the name given to the chief scholar at the court of an Indian prince. It is this scholar who is said to have first related the fables to his master. The stories are the source of much European folklore. This facsimile is taken from the 1775 edition, adorned with near seventy cuts . These illustrations lend the work a great charm and, notwithstanding its historical importance, the republication of this edition is greatly to be welcomed.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The Fables of Pilpay is the Arabic version of a lost original of Panchatantra , a Sanskrit collection of fables. Pilpay , or Bidpai , is a corruption of Bidpah , the name given to the chief scholar at the court of an Indian prince. It is this scholar who is said to have first related the fables to his master. The stories are the source of much European folklore. This facsimile is taken from the 1775 edition, adorned with near seventy cuts . These illustrations lend the work a great charm and, notwithstanding its historical importance, the republication of this edition is greatly to be welcomed.

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Éditeur
Darf Publishers Ltd
Date d'édition
1987
Langue
arabe
ISBN 10 
1850771448
ISBN 13 
9781850771449
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
5
Nombre de pages
240
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Personne responsable
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