Panchatantra (Arthur W Ryder)

479 Pages·2006·13.56 MB·English

THE PANCHATANTRA
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAOK
TRANSLATOR'S INTRODUCTION 3
INTRODUCTION 13
BOOK THE LOSS OF FRIENDS
I
THE Loss OF FRIENDS 19
THEWEDGE-PULLING MONKEY
25
THE JACKAL ANDTHE WAR-DRUM 41
MERCHANT STRONG-TOOTH 49
GODLYANDJUNE 58
THE JACKALATTHE RAM-FIGHT 61
THE WEAVER'S WIFE 62
...
HowTHE CROW-HEN KILLED THE BLACKSNAKE 74
THE HERON THAT LIKED CRAB-MEAT
76
NUMSKULLANDTHE RABBIT 81
THE WEAVER WHO LOVED.A.PR,INCESS 89
THE UNGRATEFUL MAN 112
LEAP AND CREEP
119
THE BLUE JACKAL 122
PASSION AND THE OWL 129
UGLY'S TRUSTABUSED 134
THELIONAND THE CARPENTER 141
THE PLOVER WHO FOUGHT THEOCEAN
145
SHELL-NECK, SLIM, AND GRIM 147
FORETHOUGHT, READYWIT, AND FATALIST 149
THE DUEL BETWEEN ELEPHANT AND SPARROW
. . . 153
THE SHREWDOLD GANDER
. . 157
THELION AND THE RAM
159
SMART, THEJACKAL 164
THE MONKWHO LEFTHis BODY BEHIND 174
THE GIRLWHO MARRIEDA SNAKE 177
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PACK
POOR BLOSSOM
179
THE UNTEACHABLE MONKEY
183
RlGHT-MlNDAND WRONG-MlND
184
A REMEDY WORSE THAN THE DISEASE 188
THE MICE THATATE IRON
192
THE RESULTS OF EDUCATION
197
THE SENSIBLE ENEMY
198
THE FOOLISH FRIEND 203
BOOK THE WINNING OF FRIENDS
II
THE WINNING OF FRIENDS 213
THE BHARUNDA BIRDS 216
GOLD'S GLOOM 231
MOTHER SHANDILEE'S BARGAIN 234
SELF-DEFEATING FORETHOUGHT 235
MISTER DULY
247
SOFT, THE WEAVER 260
HANG-BALL AND GREEDY 264
THE MICETHAT SET ELEPHANTS FREE 274
SPOT'S CAPTIVITY 279
BOOK CROWS AND OWLS
III
CROWS ANDOWLS
291
HowTHE BIRDS PICKED A KING 304
HowTHE RABBIT FOOLEDTHE ELEPHANT 308
THE CAT'S JUDGMENT 315
THE BRAHMAN'S GOAT 324
THE SNAKE AND THE ANTS 326
THE SNAKE WHO PAID CASH 331
THEUNSOCIAL SWANS 333
THE SELF-SACRIFICING DOVE 334
THEOLD MAN WITH THEYOUNG WIFE .... 341
THE BRAHMAN, THE THIEF, ANDTHE GHOST 343
THE SNAKE IN THE PRINCE'S BELLY 346
THE GULLIBLE CARPENTER 348
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MOUSE-MAID MADE MOUSE 353
THE BIRD WITH GOLDEN DUNO 359
THE CAVETHATTALKED 361
THE FROGS THATRODE SNAKEBA.CK .,.... 368
THE BUTTER-BLINDED BRAHMAN 370
BOOK IV LOSS OF GAINS
Loss OF GAINS 381
THE MONKEYANDTHE CROCODILE , 381
HANDSOME ANDTHEODORE 388
FLOP-EAR AND DUSTY 395
THE POTTER MILITANT 400
THE JACKAL WHO KILLED No ELEPHANTS 401
THE UNGRATEFUL WIFE . 405
KINGJOYAND SECRETARY SPLENDOR 408
THE Ass IN THETIGER-SKIN 409
THE FARMER'S WIFE 412
THE PERTHEN-SPARROW
415
HOW SUPERSMARTATE THE ELEPHANT 4!8
THE DOG WHO WENTABROAD ,421
BOOK V ILL-CONSIDERED ACTION
ILL-CONSIDERED ACTION 427
THELOYAL MUNGOOSE
432
THE FOURTREASURE-SEEKERS
434
THELION-MAKERS 442
HUNDRED-WIT, THOUSAND-WIT, AND SINGLE-WIT . . . 444
THE MUSICAL DONKEY 446
SLOW, THE WEAVER 449
THE BRAHMAN'S DREAM
453
THE UNFORGIVING MONKEY
454
THE CREDULOUS FIEND 462
THETHREE-BREASTED PRINCESS 465
THE FIENDWHOWASHEDHis FEET 465

INTRODUCTIONS

TRANSLATOR'S INTRODUCTION
I
One Vishnusharman, shrewdly gleaning
All worldly wisdom's inner meaning,
In these five books the charm compresses
Ofall such books the world possesses.
INTRODUCTION TO THE Panchatantra
ThePanchatantracontains themostwidelyknown
stories in the world. If it were further declared that
the Panchatantra is the best collection of stories in
the world, the assertion could hardly be disproved,
andwouldprobablycommand the assentofthosepos-
sessing the knowledge for a judgment. Assuming
varied forms in their native India, then traveling in
translations, and translationsoftranslations, through
Persia, Arabia, Syria, and the civilized countries of
Europe, these stories have, for more than twenty
centuries, brought delight to hundreds ofmillions.
Since the stories gathered in the Panchatantra are
very ancient, andsince theycan nolonger be ascribed
to their respective authors, it is not possible to give
an accurate report of their genesis, while much in
their subsequent history will always remain obscure.
Dr. Hertel, the learned and painstaking editor of the
text used by the present translator, believes that the
original work was composed in Kashmir, about 200