PANCHATANTRA TALES – INDEX

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PANCHATANTRA TALES

1

INTRODUCTION

2

DEATH AND LORD INDRA’S PARROT

3

DHARAMABUDDHI AND PAAPABUDDHI

4

KING CHANDRA AND THE MONKEY CHIEF

5

KING NANDA AND VARARUCHI

6

MOTHER SHANDILI

7

OLD DOGS LEARN NEW TRICKS

8

SALANAN, THE WEAVER

9

SOMILAKA THE WEAVER AND WEALTH

10

THE ASS HAS NO BRAINS

11

THE BAD LADY AND THE WOLF

12

THE BATS

13

THE BEAR AND GOLU AND MOLU

14

THE BIRD WITH TWO HEADS

15

THE BLUE FOX

16

THE BRAHMAN’S GOAT

17

THE BRAHMIN AND THE COBRA

18

THE BRAHMIN AND THE DELICIOUS DISHES

19

THE BRAHMIN AND THE DIAMONDS

20

THE BRAHMIN, THE THIEF AND THE RAKSHASA

21

THE BRAHMINS WHO GAVE LIFE TO THE DEAD LION

22

THE BRAHMIN’S WIFE AND THE MONGOOSE

23

THE BUG AND THE FLEA

24

THE BULLOCK AND THE LION

25

THE BULLOCK’S BALLS

26

THE BULLS AND THE LION

27

THE CAMEL WITH A BELL ROUND HIS NECK

28

THE CAPSELLER AND THE MONKEYS

29

THE CAT AND THE HARE AND THE PARTRIDGE

30

THE CAT, THE RAT AND THE HUNTER

31

THE CLEVER JACKAL AND DEAD ELEPHANT

32

THE CRAB AND THE SNAKE

33

THE CROW AND THE WATER PITCHER

34

THE DAY DREAMING BRAMIN

35

THE DEER, THE CROW, THE RAT AND THE TURTLE

36

THE DEVTA AND THE WEAVER

37

THE DOG IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY

38

THE DONKEY IN THE LION’S SKIN

39

THE DOVE AND THE HUNTER

40

THE ELEPHANT AND THE MICE

41

THE ELEPHANT AND THE SPARROW

42

THE ENMITY BETWEEN CROWS AND OWLS

43

THE FALCON AND THE CROW

44

THE FEMALE MOUSE

45

THE FOOL AND THE CROOKS

46

THE FOOLISH HERON, THE BLACK SNAKE AND THE MONGOOSE

47

THE FOOLISH JACKAL

48

THE FOOLISH LION AND THE CLEVER RABBIT

49

THE FOUR FOOLISH BRAHMINS

50

THE FOX AND THE ELEPHANT

51

THE FOX REARED BY THE LION

52

THE FROG AND THE SERPENT

53

THE FROGS AND CUNNING OLD SNAKE

54

THE GIANT AND THE HELPLESS BRAHMIN

55

THE GIANT AND THE HORSE THIEF

56

THE GIRL WHO MARRIED A SNAKE

57

THE GOLDEN BIRD AND THE KING

58

THE GOLDEN BIRDS AND THE GOLDEN SWANS

59

THE GOLDEN GOAT

60

THE GREAT – HEARTED MONKEY

61

THE GULLIBLE CARPENTER

62

THE HERMIT AND THE JUMPING RAT

63

THE HERON AND THE CRAB

64

THE HOLY MAN AND A SWINDLER

65

THE HORSE AND THE LION

66

THE HUNTER AND THE DOVES

67

THE IRON BALANCE ATE BY RATS

68

THE JACKAL AND THE ARROW

69

THE JACKAL AND THE DRUM

70

WHO WILL BELL THE CAT

71

THE JEALOUS DONKEY

72

THE KING AND THE FOOLISH MONKEY

73

THE KING AND THE PARROTS

74

THE KING COBRA AND THE ANTS

75

THE LAPWINGS AND THE SEA

76

THE LION AND THE WOODCUTTER

77

THE LION, THE FOX, THE CROW AND THE CAMEL

78

THE LION, THE JACKAL AND THE CAVE

79

THE LION’S BAD BREATH

80

THE MERCHANT AND THE BARBER

81

THE MERCHANT DANTILA

82

THE MERCHANT’S SON

83

THE MONKEY AND THE CROCODILE

84

THE MONKEY AND THE DRUM

85

THE MONKEYS AND THE RED BERRIES

86

THE MOON LAKE – THE RABBITS AND THE ELEPHANTS

87

THE MOUSE AND THE BULL

88

THE OLD MERCHANT, HIS YOUNG WIFE AND THE THIEF

89

THE OLD WISE CROW AND OWLS

90

THE PEACOCK AND THE FOX

91

THE POTTER’S TRUTH

92

THE PRINCE AND THE BEAR

93

THE PRINCE AND THE SEEDLING

94

THE REVENGE OF THE ELEPHANT

95

THE RICH MOHAN AND THE POOR SOHAN

96

THE ROTATING WHEEL

97

THE SAGE AND THE MOUSE

98

THE SAGE WHO LEFT HIS BODY BEHIND

99

THE SHEPHERD AND THE WOLF

100

THE SHREWD OLD GANDER

101

THE SINGING DONKEY

102

THE SNAKE AND THE CROW

103

THE SNAKE IN THE ANTHILL AND THE SNAKE IN THE BELLY OF THE PRINCE

104

THE SPARROW AND THE MONKEY

105

THE STAG AND HIS ANTLERS

106

THE SWAN AND THE OWL

107

THE THREE FISHES

108

THE TIGER, THE BRAHMAN, AND THE JACKAL

109

THE TORTOISE AND THE GEESE

110

THE UNGRATEFUL MAN

111

THE UNGRATEFUL WIFE

112

THE VILLAGE MOUSE VISITS TOWN MOUSE

113

THE WEAVER WHO LOVED A PRINCESS

114

THE WEDGE PULLING MONKEY

115

THE WIND AND THE SUN

116

THE WOLF AND THE CRANE

117

THE WOLF AND THE LAMB

118

TWO FIGHTING RAMS AND A JACKAL

119

TWO FISHES AND A FROG

120

THE HARE AND THE TORTOISE

 

 

120. The Hare and the Tortoise

A HARE one day ridiculed the short feet and slow pace of the tortoise.

Tortoise replied, laughing:

“Though you be swift as the wind, I will beat you in a race.”

The hare, believing her assertion to be simply impossible, assented to the proposal.

They agreed that the fox should choose the course and fix the goal.

On the day appointed for the race the two started together. The tortoise never for a moment stopped, but went on with a slow but steady pace straight to the end of the course.

The hare, lying down by the wayside, fell fast asleep.

At last waking up, and moving as fast as he could, he saw the tortoise had reached the goal, and was comfortably dozing after her fatigue.

âť– Slow but steady wins the race.

119. TWO FISHES AND A FROG

Long, long ago, there lived two fish and a frog in a pond. The names of the two fish were Shatabuddhi and Sahasrabuddhi. The name of the frog was Ekabuddhi.

 

One day, when the three friends were talking to each other on the edge of the pond, some fishermen passed by. They were carrying baskets and nets with them. They saw the pond and said to one another, “This pond seems to be full of fish. Let’s come tomorrow and catch them.”

118. TWO FIGHTING RAMS AND A JACKAL

One day , a Sanyasi while going through a jungle, saw two golden rams fightin each other. They rammed into each other until blood oozed out. But still they refused to stop fighting.

Meantime a blood thirsty jachal arrived on the scene and began to lick the blood from the ground. Seeing this, the Sanyasi thought to himself, If he comes in between the two fighting rams, he is sure to get himself killed. Sure enough, craving for blood, the jackal got caught up in their fight. He was hit on the head, fell down and died.

âť– Do not close your eyes to the impending danger due to greed.