38 research outputs found
Studying the effect of Aesop's legends and stories on Kalila-wa-Dimna written by Ibn-e-Moghaffa
No full textTo cite this paper: SabzianPoor V and Hassanzadeh A. 2014. Studying the effect of Aesop's legends and stories on Kalila-wa-Dimna written by Ibn-eMoghaffa. J. Educ. Manage. Stud., 4(3): 712-718. 712 Studying the effect of Aesop's legends and stories on Kalila-wa-Dimna written by Ibn-e-Moghaffa Vahid SabzianPoor and Amiraslan Hassanzadeh Department of Human Sciences, Kermanshah University, Kermanshah, Iran *Corresponding author's Email: [email protected]; [email protected] ABSTRACT: Greek Aesop's legends book is one sample of allegory legends in western literature that has been translated into all known languages in the world. In eastern literature, the book Kalila-wa-Dimna is the invaluable one translated by Ibn-e-Moghaffa into Arabic and some stories and legends were added to the original one to change it into a unique book for Arab world. Regarding the historical evidences about Greece and India and the dominance of Greeks before the composition of Bidpay stories in India, the present research is going to investigate on Aesop's stories and legends to study about the probable effect of it on Kalila-wa-Dimna. Findings in this research showed that at least 12 concepts of Aesop's legends have been represented in Kalila-wa-Dimna with trivial modifications
The Auricular Surface of Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) as an Indicator of Age
No full textGreat ape skeletal remains are scarce and their use in biological profile estimations has been limited. Skeletal remains analysis provides key demographic information and ecological context to the individual. Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) share skeletal morphological characteristics with humans, and this study seeks to understand if two noninvasive methods using the auricular surface of the ilium to age human skeletal remains could be applied to chimpanzees. The sample consisted of n = 8 individual left auricular surfaces from known age groups of both sexes. Firstly, the Buckberry and Chamberlain Method assigns numerical values to five different traits on the auricular surface: transverse organization, surface texture, microporosity, macroporosity, and apical changes. Secondly, the Lovejoy Method utilizes a broader application, viewing the whole surface rather than by feature, then assigning a phase depending on the presentation of features and surface organization. Assessment for both techniques was done for each ilium. Once completed, the Buckberry and Chamberlain Method, the total score for each ilium was determined, then it was matched with an age chart. This age given by the Adapted Buckberry and Chamberlain Method age chart was then compared to the actual known age of the individual. A linear regression analysis was conducted and macroporosity was found to be insignificant with a p-value of 0.4. Therefore, another linear regression was run with all traits excluding macroporosity. The second regression found an overall positive result with a p-value of 0.082. The Lovejoy Method, once the ilia received a phase, the age chart was assessed to see if the results of the Lovejoy Method assigned phase matched the known age of the individual. Both Lovejoy and Buckberry and Chamberlain Methods were able to correctly age 7 out of 8 individuals. This first study shows promising results using Adapted Buckberry and Chamberlain and Lovejoy Methods, for aging poached chimpanzees in the wild or for providing age estimations for chimpanzees in skeletal collections. I recommend that future studies look at differences between wild vs captive chimpanzees, increase sample sizes, and species and subspecies specific populations
Kalila wa Dimna (Arabic)
No full textThis must be my first book published by a firm in Lebanon. The cover shows a beautiful diamond of animals at peace with one another. Inside there is nothing but text. There seems to be a T of C at the end, which is of course where the beginning would be for us.Language note: ArabicAus dem Lateinischen neu übertragen von Bruno Nardin
Tuck-in Tales
No full textLarge-format pamphlet containing nine stories with a decidedly international flavor. The third among them is Tommy Turtle, a faithful version of Kalila & Dimna's TT story. Tommy wears a big hat with a feather and says Yoo hoo unprovoked when he sees some children he knows in Tucker Town. Good condition.This is a hardbound book (hard cover
Picture Story
No full textA large-format pamphlet picking up on many of the stories contained in Merrill's Tuck-in Tales (1946). One of the repeaters is the last of the eight stories here, Tommy Turtle, a faithful version of Kalila & Dimna's TT story. Students of book history will be interested to compare the job that this book's editor has done on the text in Tuck-in Tales. The story may be half as long! The illustration is the same, but has been cropped on both sides and has lost its extension down around the text. Tommy wears a big hat with a feather and says Yoo hoo unprovoked when he sees some children below
Burt Franklin Research and Source Works Series #99
No full textIn a spirited introduction, Hervieux declares that his project could be considered finished as of the end of the fourth volume. Here he takes up, as the interior title page expresses, an étude sur les fables Latines d'origine Indienne. The three sections are given to the Directorium humanae vitae, Baldo, and Kalila and Dimna. There is a helpful alphabetical list of the fables in this volume on 777-82, just before the T of C.This is a hardbound book (hard cover)Language note: LatinLéopold Hervieu
A Projapoti Paperback
No full textThis book may mix stories from Babbitt's 1912 and 1922 editions, titled respectively Jataka Tales and More Jataka Tales. Both were published by The Century Company and illustrated by Ellsworth Young. Simpler drawings here have been substituted for Young's work. There are twenty-one stories here. How the Turtle Saved His Own Life (23) is still wonderfully pleasing The fishes in The Three Fishes (130) are again named as in the standard Kalila and Dimna story, but the story now has to do with one fish who saves two others from a net. The covers present a human child walking in front of a baboon.Ellen C. Babbit
Good Night Stories
No full textA large-format pamphlet in poor condition containing six stories, all found in Tuck-in Tales (1946) and in the same size. Many are also in Picture Story (1950) in a smaller format with different versions. Among them is Tommy Turtle, a faithful version of Kalila & Dimna's TT story. Tommy wears a big hat with a feather and says Yoo hoo unprovoked when he sees some children he knows in Tucker Town. Merrill got good mileage out of this story! Some of the sections of this book's cover are fuzzy
Accessibility impact analysis of new public transit projects in Cairo, Egypt
No full textThis electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.Thesis: S.M. in Urban Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, 2019Cataloged from student-submitted PDF version of thesis.Includes bibliographical references (pages 77-80).The New Urban Communities (NUC), built around Cairo, developed to relieve congestion and pull away residents from the crowded core, have not successfully attracted a significant number of residents. Since NUCs are not well connected by official public transport to the inner city, their residents rely on private cars and informal or expensive private mass transit to reach the job markets of inner Cairo. Although in official strategy plans, no direct link is drawn between the difficulty of moving between and within NUCs and their low occupancy rates, NUCs can be attractive places to live for diverse socio-economic groups if their accessibility to jobs and points of interest were improved. There is growing interest from the World Bank and the Egyptian government to invest in public transport routes in the Greater Cairo Region to improve job accessibility and relieve traffic congestion.Applying existing methods to measure the impact of different routes on job accessibility requires data on the location and density of jobs which is not readily available in many data-poor cities in the global south. A novel method was applied to produce a job density data set, combining scraped location and categorical data on businesses from online directories with official census and survey data on job numbers and industry types. This thesis explores the locations of employment opportunities in the absence of official data and the accessibility of the population to these opportunities in the Greater Cairo Region in order to assess the different levels of accessibility to jobs by public transport and inform the priorities of future investment in public transport provision. The research results in recommendations on where 3 routes, out of 10 given corridors, should be placed based on the impact of these new transit lines towards job accessibility.Using location-based accessibility models combined with a novel approach to developing job location data, the work identifies bus routes that performed the best in getting the largest number of people to jobs given considerations of socio-economic equity.by Adham Kalila.S.M. in Urban PlanningS.M.inUrbanPlanning Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Urban Studies and Plannin
The Panchatantra
No full textFive books, with, at the front, a convenient T of C according to fables. Maddening jingles versify every thought. This work practices retardation with a vengeance! A coming story is announced in a verse or tag-line followed by How is that? The fable comes as the answer, concluded by And that is why I said . . . and the rest of it. Frequent parentheses say Fate had decreed it, especially for escapes from death. Frequent catalogues, used then to structure what follows. The plot framework is that a king wants to educate his three sons who are hostile to education. Counselors tell him it will take years, but one recommends the Brahmin Vishnusharman. The latter offers to do it in six months or the king can show him the Majestic bare bottom. Vishnusharman makes the boys learn these five books by heart. Book I, The Loss of Friends, is the Kalila and Dimna story with lots of new twists, generally told in more rudimentary fashion than in Ramsay Wood's Kalila and Dimna (1982). In II, The Winning of Friends, the friendship of Swift and Gold is simply that. In fact, all four friends in II are male. The Crows and the Owls in III makes for very good intrigue. The frame of IV, The Loss of Gains, comes from The Monkey and the Crocodile, with its Let us go back and get my heart trick. In V, Ill-Considered Action, after The Barber Who Killed the Monk and The Mongoose Son, the frame story is Four Treasure Seekers. Though this is not a first edition, I am very happy to get an early copy of this important book.Original language: sanArthur W. Ryde
