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Edwin Arnold (trans.) — The Book of Good Counsels, from the Sanskrit of the Hitopadeśa

1861 · Book · Public Domain

This work is Edwin Arnold's 1861 English translation of the Hitopadeśa, a collection of Sanskrit fables and moral tales. It is a significant early English rendition of a classic Indian text, introducing its wisdom literature to a wider Western audience.

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