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Somadeva Bhatta, active 11th century and Tawney, C. H. (Charles Henry)
The story, as given in the Panchatantra (Benfey, Vol. II, p. 332), is somewhat different. Here we have four brothers of whom three possess all knowledge, but one only possesses common sense. The first brother joins together the bones of the lion, the second covers them with skin, flesh, and blood, the third is about to give the animal life, when the brother, who possesses common sense, says “If you raise him to life, he will kill us all.” Finding that the third brother will not desist from his intention, he climbs up a tree and so saves his life, while his three brothers are torn to pieces.
In the Bahar-Danush (Scott) Vol. II, p. 290, the bones of a cow are joined together by being sprinkled with water. See Benfey, Vol. I, p. 489. (Oesterley’s Baitál Pachísí, pp. 211–212.)
Source notes
1 I read with the Sanskrit College MS. Kusumapurákhyanagareśvaraḥ. But Kusumapurákhye nagare svaráṭ, the reading of Professor Brockhaus’s text, would mean “an independent monarch in the city of Páṭaliputra,” and would give almost as good a sense.
2 I follow the Sanskrit College MS. which reads baddhvá for buddhyá.
3 The Sanskrit College MS. gives the reading, sadanshtrásankaṭamukhaḥ, which I follow.
4 I read avikrite with the Sanskrit College MS.