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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9789391047948 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
891.401 |
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NAR |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Narayanana |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Hitopadesha: a new English translation |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Aleph Book Company, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2022. |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
New Delhi: |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xxii, 197p.; |
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hbk; |
| Dimensions |
21cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes illustrations |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
The Hitopadesha—which literally means good advice—was composed in Sanskrit sometime between the ninth and tenth centuries ce by Pandit Narayana. Arranged in four fascinating sections—Winning Friends, Losing Friends, Waging War, and Making Peace—the vignettes that comprise the text include tales of anthropomorphized birds and animals who are imbued with all too human qualities and frailties. Using humour, satire, and unconventional methods of narration, the stories in the collection prescribe canny and pragmatic responses to a range of very human situations, ambitions, problems, and dilemmas. Not only does the book have advice for the ruler who is too timid or too haughty, but also for the minister who must serve him, as for the innocent husband with the conniving wife, the beautiful wife with the undeserving husband, friends turned enemies, enemies reconciled, clever people, foolish people, the greedy, the distraught, and so on. <br/>The Hitopadesha, like the Panchatantra, is among the most widely translated classical texts of India. This new version by historian and Sanskritist Shonaleeka Kaul is an idiomatic translation in simple narrative prose and free verse that retains the freshness and wit of the original.<br/><br/>https://www.alephbookcompany.com/book/hitopadesha-by-narayana-a-new-english-translation/ |
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India |
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East Indo-European |
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Poem |
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Sanskrit Literature |
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Celtic literatures |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Kaul, Shonaleeka (Tr.) |
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Dewey Decimal Classification |
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Books |
