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The German scholar Theodor Benfey played a pioneering role in tracing the transmission of Indian folktales, especially the Panchatantra, across various cultures and geographies. His contribution to the comparative study of folklore and philology is considered foundational in the academic understanding of how Indian narrative traditions influenced global storytelling. In his seminal work, "Panchatantra: Fünf Bücher Indischer Fabeln, Märchen und Erzählungen" (1859), Benfey undertook a philological and historical analysis of the Panchatantra to examine its dissemination from India to the Middle East and Europe. His theory of diffusionism became a core approach in folklore studies, emphasizing the journey of narrative motifs and structures from an original source to diverse cultural contexts. Benfey identified India, particularly through the Panchatantra, as a significant origin point of many narrative motifs that appear in world folklore. He argued that India was not just the birthplace of these tales but also a central node in their spread. According to Benfey, the Panchatantra, composed originally in Sanskrit, traveled westward primarily ______ ______ _______ ______ _____ ________ _______ _____ _________.
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