Research Article

A Tale from the Pañcatantra in Central Asia? The Lion, the Bull and the Fox

Volume: 1 Number: 2 July 24, 2017
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A Tale from the Pañcatantra in Central Asia? The Lion, the Bull and the Fox

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The Indian Pañcatantra is doubtlessly one of the great successes in pre-modern literature as it was translated into numerous languages. In the article the Old Uyghur fragments which were previously assigned to this work are re-examined. It is argued that two Manichaean pieces are genuine textual testimonies of the Pañcatantra/Kalīla wa-Dimna tradition while the Buddhist fragments belong to the fifth chapter of the cycle of stories Daśakarmapathāvadānamālā ‘garland of legends pertaining to the ten courses of actions’. Parallels to the story told in the latter work are examined. In the appendix a tentative new edition of the Manichaean fragments is provided.

Anahtar Kelimeler

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Details

Primary Language

Turkish

Subjects

Linguistics , Creative Arts and Writing

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Publication Date

July 24, 2017

Submission Date

July 16, 2017

Acceptance Date

July 18, 2017

Published in Issue

Year 2017 Volume: 1 Number: 2

APA
Wilkens, J. (2017). A Tale from the Pañcatantra in Central Asia? The Lion, the Bull and the Fox. Journal of Old Turkic Studies, 1(2), 104-139. https://izlik.org/JA78LR54GF