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.
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Chapters
1 Translator's Introduction 15 min 2 Introduction 5 min 3 Book I - The Loss of Friends 10 min 4 The Wedge Pulling Monkey 20 min 5 The Jackal and the War Drum 11 min 6 Merchant Strong Tooth 12 min 7 Godly and June 5 min 8 The Jackal at the Ram Fight 2 min 9 The Weaver's Wife 17 min 10 How the Crow Hen killed the Black Snake 3 min 11 The Heron that liked Crab meat 7 min 12 Numskull and the Rabbit 11 min 13 The Weaver who loved a Princess 36 min 14 The Ungrateful Man 12 min 15 Leap and Creep 5 min 16 The Blue Jackal 9 min 17 Passion and the Owl 9 min 18 Ugly's Trust Abused 11 min 19 The Lion and the Carpenter 6 min 20 The Plover who fought the Ocean 3 min 21 Shell Neck, Slim and Grim 3 min 22 Forethought, Readywit and Fatalist 6 min 23 The Duel between Elephant and Sparrow 5 min 24 The Shrewd old Gander 4 min 25 The Lion and the Ram 7 min 26 Smart, the Jackal 15 min 27 The Monk who left his body behind 5 min 28 The Girl who married a Snake 4 min 29 Poor Blossom 5 min 30 The Unteachable Monkey 3 min 31 Right Mind and Wrong Mind 5 min 32 A Remedy worse than the Disease 6 min 33 The Mice that ate Iron 6 min 34 The Results of Education 2 min 35 The Sensible Enemy 7 min 36 The Foolish Friend 11 min 37 Book II - The Winning of Friends 5 min 38 The Bharunda Birds 23 min 39 Gold's Gloom 5 min 40 Mother Shandilee's Bargain 3 min 41 Self - Defeating Forethought 16 min 42 Mister Duly 18 min 43 Soft, The Weaver 6 min 44 Hang-Ball and Greedy 14 min 45 The Mice that set Elephant's Free 8 min 46 Spot's Captivity 13 min 47 Book III - Crows and Owls 19 min 48 How the Birds picked a King 6 min 49 How the Rabbit fooled the Elephant 11 min 50 The Cat's Judgement 13 min 51 The Brahman's Goat 4 min 52 The Snake and the Ants 8 min 53 The Snake who paid Cash 3 min 54 The Unsocial Swans 3 min 55 The Self-Sacrificing Dove 10 min 56 The Old Man with the Young Wife 3 min 57 The Brahman, the Thief and the Ghost 4 min 58 The Snake in the Prince's belly 4 min 59 The Gullible Carpenter 7 min 60 Mouse-maid Made Mouse 9 min 61 The Bird with Golden Dung 3 min 62 The Cave that Talked 10 min 63 The Frogs that Rode Snakeback 4 min 64 The Butter-blinded Brahman 12 min 65 Book IV - Loss of Gains 1 min 66 The Monkey and the Crocodile 10 min 67 Handsome and Theodore 11 min 68 Flop- Ear and Dusty 8 min 69 The Potter Militant 3 min 70 The Jackal who Killed no Elephants 5 min 71 The Ungrateful Wife 6 min 72 King Joy and Secretary Splendor 3 min 73 The Ass in the Tiger skin 4 min 74 The Farmer's Wife 6 min 75 The Pert Hen-sparrow 4 min 76 How Supersmart ate the Elephant 6 min 77 The Dog who went Abroad 3 min 78 Book V - Ill - considered Action 9 min 79 The Loyal Mungoose 3 min 80 The Four Treasure Seekers 12 min 81 The Lion Makers 4 min 82 Hundred Wit, Thousand Wit and Single Wit 4 min 83 The Musical Donkey 5 min 84 Slow, the Weaver 6 min 85 The Brahman's Dream 3 min 86 The Unforgiving Monkey 11 min 87 The Credulous Fiend 5 min 88 The Three Breasted Princess 1 min 89 The Fiend who Washed his Feet 8 min
