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1、OXFORDWORLD'SCLASSICSPANCATANTRATHEPA:'iC.-I.TANTRA,composedaround300CE,isthemostfamousbookofanimal'folk'talesofIndia,abookthathashadagreaterimpacton"orldliteraturethanpossiblyanyotherpieceofIndianLiterature.Versionsandtranslationsofitexistinoverfiftylanguages,andPancatantrastorieshaveinfluenced,ra
2、bicandEuropeannarratheliteratureoftheMiddleAges,includingTheArabianSightsandLaFontaine.Althoughstory-tellingistheprimaryliterarygenreofthebook,ithasaseriouspurpose.ItintendstoteachtheArtofGOunmentthroughanimalfolk-talesinterspersedwithgnomic'erses,transportingthereadertotheimaginaryworldoftalkinga
3、nimalsandofanimalkingdomsstructuredalongthelinesofhumansocieties.PATRICKOLiVEl.LEistheChair,DepartmentofAsianStudies,andDirector,CenterforAsianStudies,attheUniversityofTexasatAustin,whereheistheProfessorofSanskritandIndianReligions.AmonghisrecentpublicationsareTheSil11!nyiisaUpanis,ads:HinduScriptur
4、esonAsceticismandRenunciation(Oxford,1992).TheA§ramaSystem:HistoryandHermeneuticsofaReligiousInstitution(Oxford,1993),andRulesandRegulationsofBrahmanicalAsceticism(StateUniversityofNewYorkPress,1995).HistranslationofUpilnisads.waspublishedinOxfordWorld'sClassicsin1996andwonthe1998A.K.RamanujanBookPr
5、izeforTranslation.ThistranslationofTheDharmasiitraswaspublishedinOxfordWorld'sClassicsin1999.OXFORDWORLD'SCLASSICSForalmost100yearsOxfordWorld'sClassicshavebroughtreadersclosertotheworld'sgreatliterature.Nowwithover700titles-fromthe4,ooo-year-oldmyths0/Mesopotamiatothetwentiethcentury'sgreatestnovel
6、s-theseriesmakesavailablelesser-knownaswellascelebratedwriting.Thepocket-sizedhardbackso/theearlyyearscontainedintroductionsbyVirginiaWoolf,T.S.Eliot,GrahamGreene,andotherliteraryfigureswhichenrichedtheexperienceo/reading.Todaytheseriesisrecognizedforitsfinescholarshipandreliabilityintextsthatspanwo
7、rldliterature,dramaandpoetry,religion,philosophyandpolitics.Eacheditionincludesperceptivecommentaryandessentialbackgroundinformationtomeetthechangingneedso/readers.OXFORDWORLD'SCLASSICSPancatantraTHEB
