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Composed between 800 and 950 AD, Narayana's Hitopadesa is one of the best-known of all works in Sanskrit literature. A fascinating collection of fables, maxims and sayings in verse, it combines a wide variety of writings from earlier authors in one volume - a 'garden of pleasing stories' created to provide guidance, wisdom and political advice to the reader. With elegance and great humour, Narayana weaves a framework for the classic tales, here narrated by animals who quote from and reflect on stories from the Pancatantra and other traditional sources. At once an anthology of folk wisdom and an original and satirical work in its own right, the Hitopadesa has been deeply admired and widely read for more than a thousand years for its humorous and profound reflections on human lives, loves, follies and philosophies.
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Little is known of Narayana beynd his name. This masterpiece was composed between 800 and 950 AD.
Aditya Narayan Dhairyasheel Haksar was born in Gwailor and educated at the universities of Allahabad and Oxford. He has translated various classics from the Sanskrit, including the stories of the Pancatantra and the plays of Bhasa.
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- PublisherPenguin
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 0140249923
- ISBN 13 9780140249927
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages264
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The Hitopadesa of Narayana
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ISBN 10: 0140249923
ISBN 13: 9780140249927
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Book Description Soft Cover. Condition: Good. Text in English. 239 pp. Stamp on the title page. Worn covers, Bumped spine ends. One of the best-known Sanskrit classics, Nârâyana's HitopadeÅ a is a fascinating collection of animal and human fables augmented with polished verse epigrams and gnomic stanzas, many of which have become proverbial. This satirical, often irreverent and sometimes ribald text has been popular for centuries as a compendium of worldly advice on matters ranging from statesmanship and detailed battleplans to personal conduct and marital fidelity. It has also served generations of students as a model of grammatical and metaphorical excellence. In this 'garden of pleasing stories', as Narayana himself describes it, birds, beasts, men and women scheme, suffer, lust, err, grieve and rejoice, acting as perceptive social critics and astute commentators on the absurd nature of human folly. Combining his own literary genius with skilful selections and modifications of material from the Pancatantra and a host of other traditional sources, NÄ rÄ yana has created a refreshingly original masterpiece. This excellent new translation faithfully renders the wit and wisdom of the original. Seller Inventory # 5436
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