Fool Jokes in Skt lit [was: Arguing techniques]

[Koenraad Elst]

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Verzonden: woensdag 26 april 2000 23:36
Onderwerp: Fool Jokes in Skt lit [was: Arguing techniques]


> >Fosse wrote about:
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> >As a matter of curiosity, I wonder if there is such a thing as, say,
> >Bengali/Punjabi/Tamil etc jokes in India
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> There are a number of texts which are collections of "fool stories",
> some included in Kathasaritsagara, a Jaina collection edited long ago
> by Jacobi, and the Buddhist Baiyu-jing [One Hundred Parables Sutra]
> has parallels for about half its tales in Indian Skt texts. The
> stories I remember from the Jaina text are about stupid Brahmins. I
> don't have the references here, but I trust Roland Steiner can come
> up with them in a snap of the fingers ;-)
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