Panchatantra

by Vishnu Sharma

89 chapters11h 22mEnglish1925

About this book

A collection of the most ancient and widely known stories in the world. The wisdom and wit in the verses of these frame stories sets the Panchatantra apart from any story book. The majority of the characters are animals who present a shrewd and undeceived view of life. (Summary by dc)

Chapters (88)

1Introduction

314

2Book I - The Loss of Friends

590

3The Wedge Pulling Monkey

1191

4The Jackal and the War Drum

643

5Merchant Strong Tooth

716

6Godly and June

311

7The Jackal at the Ram Fight

111

8The Weaver's Wife

1028

9How the Crow Hen killed the Black Snake

207

10The Heron that liked Crab meat

434

11Numskull and the Rabbit

676

12The Weaver who loved a Princess

2130

13The Ungrateful Man

702

14Leap and Creep

319

15The Blue Jackal

562

16Passion and the Owl

527

17Ugly's Trust Abused

644

18The Lion and the Carpenter

336

19The Plover who fought the Ocean

207

20Shell Neck, Slim and Grim

202

21Forethought, Readywit and Fatalist

346

22The Duel between Elephant and Sparrow

326

23The Shrewd old Gander

211

24The Lion and the Ram

417

25Smart, the Jackal

908

26The Monk who left his body behind

282

27The Girl who married a Snake

229

28Poor Blossom

284

29The Unteachable Monkey

175

30Right Mind and Wrong Mind

296

31A Remedy worse than the Disease

370

32The Mice that ate Iron

377

33The Results of Education

141

34The Sensible Enemy

417

35The Foolish Friend

632

36Book II - The Winning of Friends

272

37The Bharunda Birds

1368

38Gold's Gloom

276

39Mother Shandilee's Bargain

151

40Self - Defeating Forethought

960

41Mister Duly

1100

42Soft, The Weaver

362

43Hang-Ball and Greedy

838

44The Mice that set Elephant's Free

480

45Spot's Captivity

768

46Book III - Crows and Owls

1152

47How the Birds picked a King

347

48How the Rabbit fooled the Elephant

657

49The Cat's Judgement

754

50The Brahman's Goat

247

51The Snake and the Ants

451

52The Snake who paid Cash

166

53The Unsocial Swans

170

54The Self-Sacrificing Dove

575

55The Old Man with the Young Wife

187

56The Brahman, the Thief and the Ghost

255

57The Snake in the Prince's belly

231

58The Gullible Carpenter

416

59Mouse-maid Made Mouse

547

60The Bird with Golden Dung

204

61The Cave that Talked

616

62The Frogs that Rode Snakeback

269

63The Butter-blinded Brahman

706

64Book IV - Loss of Gains

65The Monkey and the Crocodile

619

66Handsome and Theodore

659

67Flop- Ear and Dusty

479

68The Potter Militant

168

69The Jackal who Killed no Elephants

318

70The Ungrateful Wife

334

71King Joy and Secretary Splendor

174

72The Ass in the Tiger skin

224

73The Farmer's Wife

339

74The Pert Hen-sparrow

211

75How Supersmart ate the Elephant

349

76The Dog who went Abroad

160

77Book V - Ill - considered Action

529

78The Loyal Mungoose

189

79The Four Treasure Seekers

722

80The Lion Makers

218

81Hundred Wit, Thousand Wit and Single Wit

231

82The Musical Donkey

287

83Slow, the Weaver

351

84The Brahman's Dream

161

85The Unforgiving Monkey

672

86The Credulous Fiend

282

87The Three Breasted Princess

88The Fiend who Washed his Feet

479

Panchatantra

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