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A passage for editorial review. CONTENTS Peefatory and related matter Preface: by the Editor of this text The Panchatantra in the study of Comparative Literature The Panchatantra in India. Tantrakhyayika Parnabhadra’s recension. Works planned to supplement this: Critical introduction History of the Panchatantra in India and the West Translation of this text. Genesis of this text-edition. Manuscripts on which it is based, and its critical aim Acknowledgment of obligations. Hopes and plans for future work. PAGE • XIU • • • xm xiv xiv xiv xiv xiv xiv XV xvii Notes on the externals of Indian books: by the Editor of this Series The occasion of these notes Significance of Hindu conservatism What are the externals of a book ? . 1. Material. 2. Shape of the material 3. Way of keeping the leaves together 4. Printing. 5. Styles and sizes of the characters 6. Distinction of verse from prose . 7. Marginal words and numbers to facilitate reference Devices used in this edition to facilitate reference Emboxments indicated by wavy lines 8. Punctuation. Hyphenation of compounds , . . . Punctuation in English. 9. Spacing or division of words: its usefulness in English or Greek Objections to word-division in Sanskrit: Btthtlingk’s protest As to * forestalling the reader’s judgment * . . . As to ‘spoiling the beginner * with too much help . Word-division useful to men taking only one year of Sanskrit Word-division offends Hindu taste. Besults of misdivision in spoken English &c. (tawdry, adder, Word-division a real difficulty to the Hindus . Evidence of the Pratiifikhya. &c.) XIX xix XX XX XX xxi xxii xxiii xxiii xxiv xxiv XXV xxvi xxvii xxvii xxviii xxix XXX XXX XXX xxxi xxxi xxxiii xxxiii • • • Contents Vlll the pause Evidence of the Pada-pStha . Intentional ambiguities .... Hindu devices for showing word*division Trend of modern usage in respect of division Word-division in this volume: 1. by spacing 2. Word-division by use of virEma . VirEma in the manuscripts VirSma before an initial vowel VirSma after sounds not permitted as finals in 3. Word-division at points of crasis Word-division and sandhi Illustrations of the results of non-division or misdivision From the Eig-Veda: yuvdrEravE, &c. From certain editions of an Upanishad . From the Pada-patha of the Atharva-Veda From the Taittiriya-Saihhita, i. 1. 1 Prom the Taittirlya-Brahmana Misdivided words taken over into another text Illustration from the Tantrakhyayika Word-division in Pali .... Example from the Dhammapada Prom the Jataka: scholiast’s perplexities Proper names from misdivision: village of * Varaka A Hindu Ararat, * NavaprabhrahSana ’ . One of the ‘ hosts * of Mara: Arati or Kati Misdivision gives rise to ‘ ghost-words ’ . Remarks on the collotype plates which follow Plates showing the writing of certain codices Plate I: facsimile of parts of codices 'I' and hh Plate II: facsimile of parts of codices Wi and ^ Sakskrit Text op Purnabhaoba’s Recension op Introduction. Book I. The estranging of friends Frame-story ; The lion and the bull . Tale i: Ape and wedge . Frame-story continued Tale ii: Jackal and drum Frame-story continued . . . Tale iu: Merchant and king’s sweep Frame-story continued , , , Tale iv a: Monk and swindler PAGE . xxxiv . xxxiv . xxxiv . XXXV . xxxvi xxxvi . xxxvii . xxxviii .xxxvili .xxxviii . xxxix . xxxix . xxxix . xli . xli . xlii . xliii . xliii . xliii . xliv . xlv . xlv . xlvi . xlvii . xlviii . xlviu . xlviii hound in just before page 1 hound in just before page 1 THE PaNCHATANTRA 3 6 6 13 14 17 21 23 Contents concluded an Tale iv b: Earns and jackal . Tale iv a continued Tale ivc: Cuckold weaver, and tale iva Frame-story continued , Tale V: Crows and serpent I Tale vi: Heron, fishes, and crab Tale V concluded .... Frame-story continued Tale vii; Lion and hare Frame-story continued . Taleviii: Weaver as Vishnu . Frame-story continued . . Tale ix: Grateful beasts and thankless m Framestory continued Tale X: Louse and flea . Frame-story continued . . Tale xi; Blue jackal Frame-story continued , Tale xii: Goose and owl Frame-story continued . . Tale xiii: Lion’s retainers outwit camel Frame-story continued Tale xiv: Lion and wheelwright Frame-story continued Tale XV: Strand-bird and sea . j Tale xvi: Two geese and tortoise Tale XV continued .... \ Tale xvii: Three fishes Tale XV continued .... I Tale xviii: Sparrow’s allies and elephant Tale XV continued .... j Tale xix: Goose and fowler Tale XV continued .... j Tale XX: Lion and ram Tale XV concluded .... Frame-story continued , . Tale xxi: Jackal outwits camel and lion Frame-story continued .... Tale xxii: King, minister, and false monk ^Tale xxiii: Maid weds a serpent j Tale xxiv: Gods powerless against Death I Tale xxiii concluded. PAGE 25 26 26 33 35 36 39 40 40 45 46 57 61 65 66 68 68 70 72 73 75 80 81 82 83 85 86 86 87 89 92 92 93 94 94 96 97 99 102 104 106 107 b X Contents Tale xxii concluded .... Frame-story continued .... Tale XXV : Ape, glow-worm, and officious bird Frame-story continued .... Tale xxvi: Good-heart and Bad-heart I Tale Xivii: Heron, serpent, and mongoos Tide xxvi concluded .... Frame-story continued .... Tale xxviii: How mice ate iron Frame-story continued .... Tale xxix: Good makes good, bad makes bad Frame-story continued .... Tale XXX a: Wise foe . . . . Frame-story continued .... Tale XXX b: Foolish friend Frame-story concluded V # # * ■ Book II. The winning of Mends Frame-story : The dove, mouse, crow, tortoise, and deer Tale i: Bird with two necks .... Frame-story continued Tale ii: Mouse and two monks j Tale iii: Hulled grain for unhulled . I Tale iv; Too greedy jackal . j Ta e iii concluded. Tale ii continued ..... j Tale v : Mr. What-fate-ordains . Tale ii concluded . Framo-story continued Tale vi: Weaver and Stingy and Bountiful \ Tale vii: Jackal and bull’s cod , Tale vi concluded . Frame-story continued Tale viii: Mice rescue elephants Frame-story continued Tale ix: Deer’s former captivity Frame-story concluded Book III, The war of the crows and the owls Frame-story : The war of the crows and the owls Tale i: Birds elect a king .... \ ii 1 Elephant and rabbit and moon PAGE 107 107 108 108 109 111 112 113 114 116 117 118 118 121 121 123 126 127 127 134 137 138 139 140 147 151 153 156 159 161 163 165 167 168 170 174 180 183 Contents Tale i continued. j Tale iii: Cat as judge between partridge and hare Tale i concluded .... Frame-story continued Tale iv: Brahman, goat, and three rogues Frame-story continued Tale V: Serpent and ants Frame-story continued , Tale vi: Gold-giving serpent . j Tale vU: Gold-giving birds Tale vi concluded .... Frame-story continued Taleviii: Self-sacrificing dove Frame-story continued Tale ix: Old man, young wdfe, and thief Frame-story continued Tale X: Ogre, thief, and Brahman . Frame-story continued , . Tale xi: Prince with serpent in his belly Frame-story continued , , , Tale xii: Cuckold wheelwright Frame-story continued Tale xiii: Mouse-maiden will wed a mouse Frame-story continued Tale xiv; Bird whose dung was gold Framo-story continued Tale XV: Lion and wary jackal Frame-story continued , Tale xvi: Frogs ride a serpent j Tale xvii: Cuckold's revenge Tale xvi concluded .... Frame-story concluded Book IV. The loss of one's gettings Frame-story: The ape and the crocodile . Tale i: Frog’s revenge overleaps itself Frame-story continued , , . Tale ii: Ass without heart and ears Frame-story continued , , , Tale ui: Potter as warrior j Tale iv: Jackal nursed by lioness Tale iii concluded .... Frame-story continued PAGE 187 188 192 193 194 195 196 196 198 199 200 200 200 205 205 206 206 208 208 209 210 212 213 216 216 217 218 219 221 223 224 225 228 231 236 236 240 240 241 243 243 • • Contents XU Tale V: How false wife rewards true love Frame-story continued . . . . , Tale vi: Nanda and Vararuci as slaves of love Frame-story continued .... Tale vii: Ass in tiger-skin Frame-story continued .... Tale viii: Adulteress tricked by paramour Frame-story continued .... Tale ix: Ape and oflBcious bird Frame-story continued .... Tale x: Jackal’s four foes Frame-story continued . . . . , Tale xi: Dog in exile .... Frame-story concluded . . . . , •wit Book V. The firuits of rashness Frame-story : The barber who killed the monks Tale i: Brahmanee and faithful mongoos I Tale ii: Four treasure-seekers . Tale iii: Lion-makers . j Tale ii continued .... jjTaleiv: Thousand-wit, Hundred-wit, Single j Tale ii continued .... jj Tale V: Ass as singer . I Tale ii continued .... Tale vi: Two-headed weaver j Tale ii continued .... II Tale vii: Brahman builds air-castles j Tale ii continued .... Tale viii: Ape’s revenge \ Tale ii continued .... Tale ix: Ogre, thief, and ape !e ii continued .... Tale X: Blind man, hunchback, and three-breasted princess Tale xi: Ogre-ridden Brahman Tale X concluded .... e ii concluded .... Ta !! 5 STa Colophon Praiasti , A BRIEF Glossary. Words or meanings not authenticated by BohtUngk Additions and corrections.