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   Pancatantra : The Book of India's Folk Wisdom (World's
   Classics)
   by Patrick Olivelle (Editor)
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   Paperback - 420 pages (December 1997)
   Oxford Univ Pr (Trade); ISBN: 0192832999 ; Dimensions
   (in inches): 0.48 x 7.34 x 4.60
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   Table of Contents
   Introduction
   Sources, Author, and Date
   Structure and Content
   The Characters of the Pancatantra
   The Political and Moral Philosophy of the Pancatantra
   Versions and Translations
   Note on the Translation
   Bibliography
   Guide to the Pronunciation of Sanskrit Words
   PANCATANTRA
   THE PRELUDE TO THE STORY
   BOOK I: ON CAUSING DISSENSION AMONG ALLIES
   Story 1: The Monkey That Pulled the Wedge
   Story 2: The Jackal That Tried to Eat a
   Drum
   Story 3: The Adventures of an Ascetic
   Sub-Story 3.1: The Ascetic and the Rogue
   Sub-Story 3.1.1: How the Battling Rams Killed the
   Greedy Jackal
   Sub-Story 3.2: A Weaver Cuts the Nose of a Bawd
   Story 4: How the Crows Killed the Snake
   Sub-Story 4.1: The Crab Cuts Off the Heron's Head
   Story 5: The Hare That Outwitted the Lion
   Story 6: How the Louse Got Killed Trying to be Nice to
   a Bug
   Story 7: How the Lion's Servants Got the
   Camel Killed
   Story 8: How the Sandpiper Defeated the Ocean
   Sub-Story 8.1: The Turtle and the Geese
   Sub-Story 8.2: The Fate of Three Fish:
   Far-sighted, Quick-witted, and Inevitable
   Story 9: The Bird That Tried to Advise a
   Monkey
   Story 10: Two Friends and Betrayed Trust
   Sub-Story 10.1: How the Mongooses Ate
   the Heron's Chicks
   Story 11: The Iron-Eating Mice
   BOOK II: ON SECURING ALLIES
   Story 1: The Ascetic and the Mouse
   Sub-Story 1.1: The Woman Who Traded Sesame for Sesame
   Sub-Story 1.1.1: How the Greedy Jackal
   Died Eating a Bowstring
   Story 2: How Citranga Got Caught in a Trap
   BOOK III: ON WAR AND PEACE: THE STORY OF
   THE CROWS AND THE OWLS
   Story 1: The Ass in a Leopard's Skin
   Story 2: The Owl is Elected King of Birds
   Sub-Story 2.1: The Hare Bluffs the Elephant
   Sub-Story 2.2: Partridge and Hare Take
   their Case to the Cat
   Story 3: How the Rogues Tricked the Brahmin
   Story 4: The Old Merchant and his Young Wife
   Story 5: The Thief, the Ogre, and the Brahmin
   Story 6: How the Unfaithful Wife Tricked her Foolish
   Husband
   Story 7: The Mouse That Turned into a Girl
   Story 8: Frogs Go for a Ride on the Back of a Snake
   BOOK IV: ON LOSING WHAT YOU HAVE GAINED
   Story 1: The Ass without Ears or a Heart
   BOOK V: ON HASTY ACTIONS
   Story 1: Building Castles in the Air
   Story 2: The Barber Who Killed the Monks
   Appendices
   I: Concordance of Stories
   II: Stories in Other Pancatantra Versions
   Explanatory Notes
   Glossary of Names
   Index