Excerpt from Hitopadésa, ou l'Instruction Utile: Recueil d'Apologues Et de Contes, Traduit du Sanscrit
La partie de l'ancien recueil qu'il a le plus fidé lement imite'e est l'introduction qui sert ratta cher les unes aux autres les diverses portions de l'ou -vrage. B'ailleurs, comme il le déclare lui-même dans sa préface, le Pantchatantra n'est pas la seule source où il ait puisé les sujets de ses fables des quarante troz's contes et apologues contenus dans l'hit0padésa, dix-sept ont été tirés d'un recueil dont il n'a pas indi qué le titre.
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