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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 Panchatantra (IAST: Pañcatantra, ISO: Pañcatantra, Sanskrit: पञ्चतन्त्र, "Five Treatises") is an ancient Indian collection of interrelated animal fables in Sanskrit verse and prose, arranged within a frame story. [2] The surviving work is dated to about 300 CE, but the fables are likely much more ancient.
A naval guide to Indian commerce. Greek: 0-100 CE [citation needed] Manusmriti (aka Manava Dharmaśāstra) Law, code of conduct. Code of conduct as described by Manu. Dharmaśāstra: Sanskrit: Gaha Sattasai: Anthology of Poems Prakrit: Hāla: 20 - 24 CE Satavahana: Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Puranas: Sanskrit: Kamasutra: pleasure: A manual of ...
The folklore of India encompasses the folklore of the Republic of India and the Indian subcontinent.India is an ethnically and religiously diverse country. Given this diversity, it is difficult to generalize the vast folklore of India as a unit.
The era from 400 BCE to 400 CE was the period of the compilation of India’s great epics, the Mahabharata and Ramayana. These were central manifestations of the newly developing Hindu synthesis, contributing to a specific Hindu mythology, emphasising divine action on earth in Vishnu 's incarnations and other divine manifestations.
The Real Mother (Indian folktale) The Three Princes of Serendip; The Tiger, the Brahmin and the Jackal; The Tortoise and the Birds; Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups; Tulisa, the Wood-Cutter's Daughter; The Turtle Prince (folktale) Tutinama; The Twelve Dancing Princesses
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 translated.
Most ancient and medieval Hindu texts were composed in Sanskrit, either epic Sanskrit (the pre-classical language found in the two main Indian epics) or classical Sanskrit (Paninian Sanskrit). [42] In modern times, most ancient texts have been translated into other Indian languages and some in Western languages. [43]