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The Panchatantra is an ancient Sanskrit collection of stories, probably first composed around 300 CE (give or take a century or two), [1] though some of its component stories may be much older. The original text is not extant, but the work has been widely revised and translated such that there exist "over 200 versions in more than 50 languages."
The Sanskrit version of the Panchatantra text gives names to the animal characters, but these names are creative with double meanings. [69] The names connote the character observable in nature but also map a human personality that a reader can readily identify.
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Based on analysis of various Indian recensions and the geographical features and animals described in the stories, Kashmir [7] is suggested to be his birthplace by various scholars. He has also been associated with the University of Taxila. [8] The prelude narrates the story of how Vishnu Sharma supposedly created the Panchatantra.
The woman and the mongoose Panchatantra fable is engraved in many historic Hindu temples such as at the 8th-century Virupaksha temple at Pattadakal (the middle panel). [5] The original version from the Panchatantra in Sanskrit goes as follows (translation from Ryder 1925): The Loyal Mongoose [a]
The earliest reference to the Blue Jackal can be found in Panchatantra, a collection of stories which depict animals in human situations (see anthropomorphism, Talking animals in fiction). In each of the stories every animal has a "personality" and each story ends in a moral. [citation needed]
Hitopadesha (Sanskrit: हितोपदेशः, IAST: Hitopadeśa, "Beneficial Advice") is an Indian text in the Sanskrit language consisting of fables with both animal and human characters. It incorporates maxims, worldly wisdom and advice on political affairs in simple, elegant language, [ 2 ] : ix–xiv and the work has been widely ...
The book is based on the c. 200 BC Sanskrit text Panchatantra.It was translated into Middle Persian in the sixth century by Borzuya. [1] [2] [3] It was subsequently translated into Arabic in the eighth century by the Persian Ibn al-Muqaffa'. [4]