The Pantacantra

Informationen zum Autor Tradition ascribes The Pancatantra to Visnu Sarma whose existence has not been conclusively established. Chandra Rajan , a noted Sanskrit scholar, has based her translation on the Purnabhadra recension (AD 1199). While remaining faithful to the original, she breathes new life into the stories, skilfully combining prose and verse to give us an eminently readable translation. Klappentext Enduring and profound, among the earliest and most popular of all books of fables First recorded 1500 years ago, but taking its origins from a far earlier oral tradition, the Pancatantra is ascribed by legend to the celebrated, half-mythical teacher Visnu Sarma. Asked by a great king to awaken the dulled intelligence of his three idle sons, the aging Sarma is said to have composed the great work as a series of entertaining and edifying fables narrated by a wide range of humans and animals, and together intended to provide the young princes with vital guidance for life. Since first leaving India before AD 570, the Pancatantra has been widely translated and has influenced a cast number of works in India, the Arab world and Europe, including the Arabian Nights , the Canterbury Tales , and the Fables of La Fontaine. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. Zusammenfassung "Pancatantra" is ascribed by legend to the celebrated, half-mythical teacher Visnu Sarma. Asked by a great king to awaken the dulled intelligence of his three idle sons, the aging Sarma is said to have composed this great work as a series of entertaining and edifying fables narrated by a wide range of humans and animals....

Product details

• Authors: Chandra Rajan, Visnu Sarma, Sarma Visnu, Sarma Visnu
• Assisted by: Chandra Rajan (Translation), Rajan Chandra (Translation)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2006
• EAN: 9780140455205
• ISBN: 978-0-14-045520-5
• No. of pages: 512
• Series: Penguin Classics; Little Black Classics; Penguin Classics; Little Black Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Fairytales, sagas, legends; Adventure, FICTION / Humorous / General, FICTION / Classics, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), Short Stories, FICTION / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Fiction in translation, FICTION / Animals, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Indic, Narrative theme: Social issues, Classic fiction, Myth & legend told as fiction, Fiction: general and literary, Traditional stories, myths and fairy tales