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# مثنوی معنوی

The Mathnawī

The tale of the merchant and the parrot of India (Book 1), the elephant in the dark shown by Indians (Book 3) and other Indian stories.

- **Language:** Persian
- **Date:** 1258–1273 CE
- **Author:** [Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī](https://indike.org/pramana/person/rumi)
- **Extent:** 102,034 words
- **Text:** not yet digitised (catalogue entry)

## Translations (1)

- [Masnavi i Ma'navi (abridged)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.shir.mathnawi~en-whinfield) — English

## Parallel to

- [Udāna](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.udana)

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