Folk Tales of India
Shukasaptati (Seventy Tales of the Parrot)
A parrot keeps Prabhavati at home with nightly stories while her merchant husband is away. The cycle later inspired the Persian Tutinama.
Work: Shukasaptati (Seventy Tales of the Parrot) · Sansknet/GRETIL e-text; kathas and verse references; unproofread
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- Author / compiler
- Anonymous; multiple recensions
- Date
- Medieval; often dated around the 12th century CE
- Original language
- Sanskrit
A parrot keeps Prabhavati at home with nightly stories while her merchant husband is away. The cycle later inspired the Persian Tutinama.
The linked GRETIL text is explicitly unproofread. Its adult relationship themes need separate age adaptations.