[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [Story collections and fables](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories) › [Pañcatantra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.pancatantra) › Kalīla wa-Dimna # Kalīla wa-Dimna Version of [Pancatantra (Pañcatantra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.pancatantra) Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ's Arabic version from the Pahlavi, fountainhead of most later Near Eastern and European versions. - **Language:** Arabic - **Date:** 750–757 CE - **Author:** [ʿAbd Allāh Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ](https://indike.org/pramana/person/ibn-muqaffa) - **Text:** not yet digitised (catalogue entry) ## Same text as - [كليلة ودمنة](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.qissa.kalila) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.pancatantra*arabic](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.pancatantra*arabic) · Pramāṇa