[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › People › Theodor Benfey # Theodor Benfey German Sanskritist; founder of comparative folktale studies with his Pañcatantra translation. ## Translations (2) - [Die Hymnen des Sama-Veda (Die Hymnen des Sâma-Veda)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.sama~de-benfey) — German; 1848 CE; catalogued, text not yet digitised - [Pantschatantra. Funf Bucher indischer Fabeln, Marchen und Erzahlungen (Pantschatantra. Fünf Bücher indischer Fabeln, Märchen und Erzählungen)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.pancatantra~de-benfey) — German; 1859 CE; catalogued, text not yet digitised --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/person/benfey](https://indike.org/pramana/person/benfey) · Pramāṇa