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The Butter-blinded Brahman

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The Suno Katha edition is a retelling, distinct from the original source. Ancient works may carry traditional attribution.

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Panchatantra

The Butter-blinded Brahman

Panchatantra, Book 3 (Crows and Owls), story 18 of 18 in Ryder's translation.

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Panchatantra, Book 3 (Crows and Owls), story 18 of 18 in Ryder's translation.

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Book

Panchatantra collection: Book 3: Crows and Owls.

Tradition

The Panchatantra is traditionally associated with Vishnusharman; sequence and story boundaries vary across editions.

Source

This is a Suno Katha retelling; its source notes appear after the story.

From the Suno Katha catalogue

Reading age
7-12
Inside this edition
Edition details in preparation
Story languages
See availability below
Edition status
Available

SKU: SK-PANCHATANTRA-3-18-THE-BUTTER-BLINDED-BRAHMAN

Book at a glance

Reading age
7-12
Story length
In preparation
Languages
23 languages
Publisher / imprint
Suno Katha
Edition status
Available
Print dimensions
Print edition pending
ISBN
Not recorded
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Publisher / imprint
Suno Katha
Edition status
Available
Publication date
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Languages
23 languages
Story length
In preparation
Reading age
7-12
Original source work
Panchatantra
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SK-PANCHATANTRA-3-18-THE-BUTTER-BLINDED-BRAHMAN

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The Butter-blinded Brahman
Crows and Owls tantra 3 › story 18
What's inside

Six plates, a fork, two endings, one moral, a dedication page.

The moral

This edition’s learning page is not authored yet. See the collection discussion prompt below.

About this story

“The Butter-blinded Brahman” is catalogue entry 18 of 18 in Book 3, Crows and Owls. Ryder’s 1925 contents lists it at pages 370–378.

Kākolūkīya places the rivalry of crows and owls around a series of debates and tales. Counsel, alliances, deception and the cost of conflict shape this book; its complete source is not a young-child adaptation.

Text & illustrations
A separate illustrated edition is not available yet. Explore the reference edition below.
Reading age
Story-specific age review is pending. A collection age band does not approve the complete source.
Languages & listening
The source reader offers Sanskrit, English/Hindi meanings and word meanings. Listening controls are in the reader; check it for recording availability.
After reading
How do we judge advice when the adviser has something to gain? A collection discussion prompt, not a translated moral.

Study & source for this story

Source book
Panchatantra · traditionally attributed to Vishnusharman
Book / tantra
काकोलूकीय · Crows and Owls · Series Part 3
Reader source
GRETIL Sanskrit text · private study edition with English and Hindi meanings
Catalogue reference
Arthur W. Ryder · The Panchatantra · 1925 · pages 370–378
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Source reference 3.p01978. This opens the corresponding passage; it does not assert identical story boundaries across editions.

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This story’s source at 3.p01978 (tantra 3) — Sanskrit, transliteration and English meanings, readable in this tab.

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Below are the mapped source passages for this story. The full tantra is also in the free Katha Reader.

Names, order and embedded-story divisions can differ between editions. The source reader is for private study; it is not publication approval.

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