[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Foreign](https://indike.org/pramana/inf) › [Latin](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la) › [Middle Ages (700 – 1500)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.medieval) › [Indian story lineages in Latin](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.medieval.narrative) › Disciplina clericalis # Disciplina clericalis Petrus Alfonsi, The Scholar's Guide Thirty-four exempla drawn, as the prologue says, from the sayings of philosophers and from Arabic proverbs, fables and likenesses of beasts and birds; several go back through Arabic to Indian story collections such as Kalīla wa-Dimna. - **Language:** Latin - **Date:** 1106–1115 CE - **Author:** [Petrus Alfonsi](https://indike.org/pramana/person/petrus-alfonsi) - **Text:** not yet digitised (catalogue entry) ## Parallel to - [Pañcatantra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.pancatantra) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.medieval.narrative.disciplina-clericalis](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.medieval.narrative.disciplina-clericalis) · Pramāṇa