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  2. Blind men and an elephant - Wikipedia

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    Blind men and the elephant, 1907 American illustration. Blind Men Appraising an Elephant by Ohara Donshu, Edo Period (early 19th century), Brooklyn Museum. The parable of the blind men and an elephant is a story of a group of blind men who have never come across an elephant before and who learn and imagine what the elephant is like by touching it.

  3. Tittha Sutta - Wikipedia

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    They then consulted The Buddha who taught them the parable of the blind men and the elephant: [5] A king has taken an elephant to his palace and asks the city's blind men to examine it. When the men felt each part of the elephant, the king asked them, each one, to describe what an elephant is.

  4. Wikipedia:Blind men and an elephant - Wikipedia

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    The blind men and an elephant is a fable that originated in the Indian subcontinent from where it has widely diffused. It is a story of a group of blind men (or men in the dark) who touch an elephant to learn what it is like. Each one feels a different part, but only one part, such as the side or the tusk.

  5. Seven Blind Mice - Wikipedia

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    Seven Blind Mice is a children's picture book written and illustrated by Ed Young. Based on the Indian fable of the blind men and an elephant , the book tells the story of seven mice who, each day, explore and describe a different part of the elephant.

  6. Anekantavada - Wikipedia

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    Seven blind men and an elephant parable. The Jain texts explain the anekāntvāda concept using the parable of blind men and an elephant, in a manner similar to those found in both Buddhist and Hindu texts about limits of perception and the importance of complete context. The parable has several Indian variations, but broadly goes as follows ...

  7. Cultural depictions of elephants - Wikipedia

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    The six-story Lucy the Elephant is the only remaining of the three, and survives as a tourist attraction near Atlantic City. These giant elephant structures, however, are dwarfed by the 32-story Bangkok Elephant Tower in Thailand. This iconic elephant-inspired building reflects the influence of the elephant in Thai culture. [78]

  8. Taking white-elephant parable to heart: It takes a team to ...

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    Richard Espinoza’s son invited 10 friends, all of them seniors with big — elephantine, you might say — appetites and day-to-day needs.

  9. Blind men and the elephant - Wikipedia

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