About the Book: Panchatantra: A Collection of Animal Fables From India
Panchatantra is perhaps the oldest collection of Indian fables still gaining
strength and moving ahead. It is believed to have written around 200BC by the
great Hindu Scholar Pandit Vishnu Sharma. Panchatantra means "the five
principles". It is a "Nitishastra" which means book of wise conduct in life.
Panchatantra consists of five books: 1. Mitra Bhedha (The loss of friends); 2.
Mitra Laabha (Gaining friends); 3. Kakolukiyam (Crows and owls); 4.
Labdhap-ranasam (Loss of gains); and 5. Aparikshitakarakam (Ill-considered
actions). The simple stories of Panchatantra have stood the test of time in the
modern age of materialism,