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Panchatantra Texts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Index of Stories from The Panchatantra                           Read in Sanskrit

 

Preamble

      

 

 

 

Book 1: The Separation Of Friends

 

       Frame Story: Sanjeevka and Pingalaka

 

 

 

 

 

 

            

The Monkey And The Wedge                 

The Jackal And The Battle-Drum

Fine-Tooth and the Palace Sweeper

The Holy Man and The Swindler

        and The Weaver's Unfaithful Wife

The Crow and the Serpent

The Crab and the Crane

Dim Wit and the Hare

The Weaver and the Princess Charming

The Grateful Beasts and The Ungrateful Man

Crawly,the bedbug and the Drone, the wasp

The Blue jackal

The Owl and The Wild Goose

The Camel,the Crow and Others

The Lion and Chariot-maker

The Lapwing who defined the Ocean

The Turtle and geese

The THree Fishes

The Sparrow and the Tusker

The Ancient WIld Goose and The Fowler

The Lion and the Lone Ram

The Jackal who outwitted the Lion

Strong and the Naked Mendicant

The Maiden wedded to a Snake

Death and Little Blossom

The Tailor-bird and the Ape

Fair Mind and Foul Mind

The Foolish Heron

The Preposterous Lie

The Twin Parrots

The Three Friends and The Noble robber

         and Faithful but Foolish

 

 

Book 2: The Winning Of Friends

 

Frame Story: The Crow, the Mole,the Deer and the Tortoise

Bharunda Birds

Goldy's Sorrows

Mother Sandilee

The Greedy Jackal

The Man who received what was his

Little Simple,the weaver

Hangballs and the vixen

The Mice that freed the Elephants

Speckle's Captivity

 

 

 

 

 

Book 3: Of Crows And Owls

 

Frame-Story: Of Crows and Owls

 

How birds picked a king

The Hare who fooled the Elephant-king

The Cat's judgement

The Brahmana and his Goat

The Ants who killed a Snake

The Serpent who paid in gold

The Golden geese of Lotus Lake

The Dove who sacrificed himself

Old Man, Young Wife

The Brahmana,the robber and the Demon

The Snake in the prince's belly

The Cariot-maker Cuckolded

The Mouse-Maiden who wed a mouse

The Bird who dropped golden turd

The Talking cave

The Frogs that rode snakeback

The Brahmana's Revenge

 

 

Book 4: Loss Of Gains

Frame Story: The Ape and the Crocodile

 

The Frog-King who overreached himself

LongEars and Dusty

The jackal mothered by the Lioness

The Ungrateful Wife

Two Hen-pecked husbands

The Ass in tiger-skin

The Unfaithful Wife

The offcisous Sparrow

The Smart jackal

The Dog who went abroad

 

 

 

Book 5:Rash Deeds

Frame Story: The Barber who slaughtered the Monks

The Brahmani and the faithful Mongoose

The Four Treasure Seekers

The Scholars who brought a dead lion to life

Thousandwit, Hundredwi,Singlewit

The Singing Ass

The Dull-witted Weaver

The day-dreaming Brahmin

The Ape's revenge

the Credulous ogre

The Three-breaste Princess

The Brahmana who asked

 

 

 

Preamble
Sanjeevka and Pingalaka
The Monkey And The Wedge
Of Crows and Owls
The Turtle and geese
Book 2: The Winning Of Friends

Image Mel Kandel. Ancient Looms

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