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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
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