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# ܟܬܒܐ ܕܬܢܝܐ ܡܓܚܟܢܐ

The Book of Laughable Stories

Collection of 727 anecdotes and sayings in twenty chapters; the third chapter gives the "profitable sayings of the Indian sages", on death, speech, desire and learning.

- **Language:** Syriac
- **Date:** 1260–1286 CE
- **Author:** [ܓܪܝܓܘܪܝܘܣ ܒܪ ܥܒܪܝܐ](https://indike.org/pramana/person/bar-hebraeus)
- **Extent:** 45,240 words
- **Text:** not yet digitised (catalogue entry)

## Translations (1)

- [The Laughable Stories collected by Mâr Gregory John Bar-Hebraeus](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.sy.syr.bar-hebraeus.laughable-stories~en-budge) — English

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.sy.syr.bar-hebraeus.laughable-stories](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.sy.syr.bar-hebraeus.laughable-stories) · Pramāṇa
