Five Discourses of Worldly Wisdom (Clay Sanskrit Library, 28) - Hardcover

Vishnusharman

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0814762085 ISBN 13: 9780814762080

Publisher: Clay Sanskrit, 2006

Synopsis

The king despairs of his idle sons, so he hires a learned brahmin who promises to make their lessons in statecraft unmissable. The lessons are disguised as short stories, featuring mainly animal protagonists. Many of these narratives have traveled across the world, and are known in the West as Aesop’s fables.
Co-published by New York University Press and the JJC Foundation
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About this edition

• Publisher: Clay Sanskrit
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0814762085
• ISBN 13: 9780814762080
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 576