Bidpaï — (Pilpai, d.i. der vertraute Arzt), Vezier des indischen Königs Dakschelim, Verfasser einer Fabelsammlung, die im Morgenlande als Sittenspiegel galt u. fast in alle Sprachen übersetzt u. umgearbeitet wurde. Zuerst erscheint diese Fabelsammlung in… … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Bidpai — (Pilpai), s. Pantschatantra; auch Arabische Literatur, S. 658 … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Bidpaï — oder Pipai, s. Pañcatantra … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
BIDPAÏ — or PILPAÏ the presumed author of a collection of Hindu fables of ancient date, in extensive circulation over the East, and widely translated … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
Bidpai, The Fables of — European title for the collection of Indian animal fables known in Sanskrit as Pañca tantra (Panchatantra) (q.v.). * * * … Universalium
Pilpay — (Bidpai) ► Brahmán legendario. Se le atribuyen los antiguos apólogos indios contenidos en el Panchatandra y el Hitopadesa … Enciclopedia Universal
Panchatantra — An illustration from a Syrian edition dated 1354. The rabbit fools the elephant king by showing him the reflection of the moon. The Panchatantra (IAST: Pañcatantra, Sanskrit: पञ्चतन्त्र, Five Principles ) is an ancient Indian inter related… … Wikipedia
Pañchatantra — Le Pañchatantra (du sanskrit पंचतंत्र Paṃchataṃtra signifiant « Le Livre d’instruction en cinq parties ») est un ancien recueil de contes et de fables (probablement le plus ancien qui nous soit parvenu). Ce livre écrit sous forme… … Wikipédia en Français
Ramsay Wood — is a writer best known for his modernized compilation of the ancient animal fables derived from The Panchatantra . His Kalila and Dimna Selected Fables of Bidpai was published by Knopf in 1980 [See page 100, The Oxford Companion to English… … Wikipedia
The Tortoise and The Geese — is a fable that appears in the Panchatantra, a collection of Sanskrit tales believed to date back as far as the 3rd century BCE [Jacobs, page xv: The latest date at which the stories were thus connected is fixed by the fact that some of them have … Wikipedia
