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Hitopadesa or the Book of Good Counsel

1906

After an introduction. invoking the blessing of Siva and extolling the excellence and the power of knowledge and in which reference is made to the Panchatantra as one of the sources from which the book is derived the fables begin in the following manner. [...] Vishnugarman then seats himself on the terrace in front of the king's palace and being wise enough to recognize the fact that his pupils are"PREFACE 11 not likely to take the pill unless it is gilded proceeds after reciting a maxim of wisdom in verse to relate for their amusment the fable of the Crow the Tortoise the Deer and the Mouse upon which maxim and fable the first book of the Hi [...] In this poem which is an episode in the great epic the Mahilbharata relating the fight between the two rival tribes the Kurusand the PAndus Arjuna the hero and leader of the Pâticlus is represented standing in"PREFACE 13 his chariot facing the host of the Kurus. [...] Manthara then conducted them both to his dwelling and treated them with the greatest hospitality ; for : 112 Fire is the superior of the twice born : the Braman is the superior of the four castes : a husband is the superior of wives but a visitor takes precedence of all. [...] 148 The life of the sick man : of the man who spends many years in exile : of the man who lives on the charity of another : the man who sleeps in another's house : the life which these men live is but a living death.
philosophy religion
Pages
175
Published in
United Kingdom
SARF Document ID
sarf.145056
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
1-7 B. Hale-Wortham view
Preface
8-14 B. Hale-Wortham view
I Introduction and Mitralabha Acquisition of Friends
15-61 B. Hale-Wortham view
II Suhridbheda Separation of Friends
62-99 B. Hale-Wortham view
III Vigraha War
100-131 B. Hale-Wortham view
IV Sandhi Peace
132-160 B. Hale-Wortham view
Notes
161-173 B. Hale-Wortham view
Backmatter
i-ii B. Hale-Wortham view

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