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# John of Capua, Guide for Human Life (Kalīla wa-Dimna) (Directorium humanae vitae alias parabolae antiquorum sapientum)

Latin version of Kalīla wa-Dimna from Rabbi Joel's Hebrew, with Burzoy's journey to India to fetch the book; printed c. 1480 and the source of most later European versions.

- **Language:** Latin
- **Date:** 1263–1278 CE
- **Author:** [Iohannes de Capua](https://indike.org/pramana/person/john-capua)
- **Text:** not yet digitised (catalogue entry)

## Based on

- [Pañcatantra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.pancatantra)

## Translates

- [Exemplario contra los engaños y peligros del mundo](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.eu.es.exemplario)
- [Das Buch der Beispiele der alten Weisen](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.eu.de.buch-der-beispiele)

## Parallel to

- [Liber Kalilae et Dimnae](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.medieval.narrative.liber-kalilae)

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