The Pancatantra
, by Sarma, VisnuNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780140445961 | 014044596X
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 8/1/1995
Didactic tales and fables.
Key to the Pronunciation of Sanskrit Words | |
Foreword | |
Introduction | |
The Pancatantra : Preamble | p. 1 |
Estrangement of Friends | p. 7 |
Frame Story: Lively and Tawny | p. 9 |
The Monkey and the Wedge | p. 15 |
The Jackal and the Battle-drum | p. 31 |
Fine Tooth and the Palace Sweeper | p. 38 |
The Holy Man and the Swindler and The Weaver's Unfaithful Wife | p. 46 |
The Crow and the Serpent | p. 62 |
The Crab and the Crane | p. 64 |
Dim Wit and the Hare | p. 69 |
The Weaver and Princess Charming | p. 76 |
The Grateful Beasts and the Ungrateful Man | p. 98 |
Crawly, the bedbug and Drone, the wasp | p. 105 |
The Blue Jackal | p. 108 |
The Owl and the Wild Goose | p. 114 |
The Camel, the Crow and Others | p. 120 |
The Lion and the Chariot-maker | p. 126 |
The Lapwing who defied the Ocean | p. 130 |
The Turtle and the Geese | p. 132 |
The Three Fishes | p. 133 |
The Sparrow and the Tusker | p. 137 |
The Ancient Wild Goose and the Fowler | p. 141 |
The Lion and the Lone Ram | p. 143 |
The Jackal who outwitted the Lion | p. 147 |
Strong and the Naked Mendicant | p. 157 |
The Maiden wedded to a Snake | p. 159 |
Death and Little Blossom | p. 162 |
The Tailor-bird and the Ape | p. 164 |
Fair Mind and Foul Mind | p. 166 |
The Foolish Heron | p. 169 |
The Preposterous Lie | p. 172 |
The Twin Parrots | p. 177 |
The Three Friends and the Noble Robber and Faithful but Foolish | p. 178 |
Winning of Friends | p. 191 |
Frame Story: The Crow, the Mole, the Deer and the Tortoise | p. 193 |
Bharunda Birds | p. 195 |
Goldy's Sorrows | p. 210 |
Mother Sandilee | p. 213 |
The Greedy Jackal | p. 215 |
The man who received what was his | p. 226 |
Little Simple, the weaver | p. 238 |
Hangballs and the Vixen | p. 242 |
The Mice that freed the Elephants | p. 251 |
Speckle's Captivity | p. 256 |
Of Crows and Owls | p. 265 |
Frame Story: Of Crows and Owls | p. 267 |
How the birds picked a king | p. 280 |
The Hare who fooled the Elephant-King | p. 284 |
The Cat's Judgement | p. 290 |
The Brahmana and his Goat | p. 298 |
The Ants who killed the Snake | p. 300 |
The Serpent who paid in gold | p. 305 |
The Golden Geese of Lotus Lake | p. 306 |
The Dove who sacrificed himself | p. 308 |
Old Man, Young Wife | p. 314 |
The Brahmana, the Robber, and the Demon | p. 316 |
The Snake in the Prince's belly | p. 319 |
The Chariot-maker cuckolded | p. 321 |
The Mouse-Maiden who wed a mouse | p. 325 |
The Bird who dropped golden turd | p. 331 |
The Talking Cave | p. 333 |
The Frogs that rode snakeback | p. 340 |
The Brahmana's revenge | p. 342 |
Loss of Gains | p. 351 |
Frame Story: The Ape and the Crocodile | p. 353 |
The Frog-King who overreached himself | p. 360 |
Long Ears and Dusty | p. 366 |
The Potter who played the hero | p. 370 |
The Jackal mothered by the Lioness | p. 372 |
The Ungrateful Wife | p. 375 |
Two Henpecked Husbands | p. 378 |
The Ass in tiger-skin | p. 379 |
The Unfaithful Wife | p. 382 |
The Officious Sparrow | p. 385 |
The Smart Jackal | p. 387 |
The Dog who went abroad | p. 391 |
Rash Deeds | p. 393 |
Frame Story: The Barber who slaughtered the Monks | p. 395 |
The Brahmani and the faithful Mongoose | p. 400 |
The Four Treasure-seekers | p. 402 |
The Scholars who brought a dead lion to life | p. 409 |
Thousandwit, Hundredwit, Singlewit | p. 411 |
The Singing Ass | p. 413 |
The Dull-witted Weaver | p. 416 |
The Day-dreaming Brahmin | p. 419 |
The Ape's Revenge | p. 421 |
The Credulous Ogre | p. 427 |
The Three-breasted Princess | p. 430 |
The Brahmana who asked | p. 430 |
Notes and References | p. 437 |
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