पञ्चतन्त्र

aka Pañcatantra; Five Treatises

Panchatantra

Author

Vishnu Sharma

Language

Classical Sanskrit, Old Persian, Classical Arabic

Year

c. 200 BC - 300 AD

Country

India

Genre

Short Story Collection / Tales

south asiafablestales

0

📷1 photo

The Panchatantra is an ancient Indian collection of interrelated animal fables in Sanskrit verse and prose, arranged within a frame story. The text's author is unknown, but it has been attributed to Vishnu Sharma in some recensions and Vasubhaga in others, both of which may be fictitious pen names. It is likely a Hindu text, and based on older oral traditions with "animal fables that are as old as we are able to imagine".