[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) › Raymond of Béziers, Book of Kalila and Dimna # Raymond of Béziers, Book of Kalila and Dimna (Liber Kalilae et Dimnae) Latin version made for Philip IV of France from the Spanish Calila e Digna, compared with John of Capua; it opens with Khusraw Anūshirvān learning of a book of parables kept secret among the Indians. - **Language:** Latin - **Date:** 1313–1314 CE - **Author:** [Raimundus de Biterris](https://indike.org/pramana/person/raymond-beziers) - **Text:** not yet digitised (catalogue entry) ## Based on - [Pañcatantra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.pancatantra) ## Parallel to - [Directorium humanae vitae alias parabolae antiquorum sapientum](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.medieval.narrative.directorium) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.medieval.narrative.liber-kalilae](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.medieval.narrative.liber-kalilae) · Pramāṇa