Kalila wa Dimna (also known as Kalīlah wa Dimnah) is an Arabic collection of fables. It is an Arabic translation of the Sanskrit work Panchatantra, done by the Persian scholar Abdullah Ibn al-Muqaffa in the 8th century CE. The book features animal characters who tell stories, often with moral lessons.
The book, Kalila wa Dimna is an Arabic translation of the
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