THE OCEAN OF STORY VOL. V

Part of the present volume of the Ocean of Story is occupied by Somadeva‘s version of the famous collection of Indian stories known as the Panchaiantra. The history of this work and its offshoots has been dealt with m Appendix I to this volume, and I shall confine myself in this place to supplementing what has there been set forth regarding the so-called “Fables of Bidpai,” with special reference to the Kalila wa-Dimna of Ibnu ’l-Muqaffa‘ and its translations and adaptations in modern Persian literature.