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Contents

Foreword ....................................................................................................................xi
Preface ..................................................................................................................... xiii
Paṇḍita Viṣṇuśarmā’s Introduction to His Work .......................................xxiii

First Tantra
Mitra-bheda (“Conflict among Friends”) .........................1
Story One: The Monkey and the Log ...............................................................4
Story Two: The Jackal and the Drum .............................................................12
Story Three: Dantila the Merchant ................................................................. 17
Story Four: The Sannyāsī and His Loyal Disciple ...................................... 27
Story Five: The Cobra and the Crow ..............................................................33
Story Six: The Heron and the Crab .................................................................34
Story Seven: The Rabbit and the Lion ...........................................................38
Story Eight: Firemouth and the Flea ..............................................................45
Story Nine: The Blue Jackal .............................................................................. 47
Story Ten: The Foolish Camel and the Lion ................................................. 51
Story Eleven: The Ṭiṭṭibha Birds and the Ocean .........................................56
Story Twelve: The Turtle Which Fell off the Stick ...................................... 57
Story Thirteen: The Three Little Fishes ..........................................................59
Story Fourteen: The Elephant and the Sparrow ..........................................62
Story Fifteen: The Lion and the Jackal ........................................................... 71
Story Sixteen: The Monkey and the Talkative Bird ....................................75
Story Seventeen: The Sparrow and the Angry Monkey ............................ 77
Story Eighteen: Dharmabuddhi and Pāpabuddhi ........................................78
Story Nineteen: The Mongoose, the Cobra and the Foolish Heron 83
Story Twenty: The Iron Scale and the Son of the Merchant .....................84
Story Twenty-One: The King and the Foolish Monkey ............................ 87
Story Twenty-Two: The Thief and the Four Brāhmaṇas ...........................88