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- proper noun Name of a
canonical collection ofSanskrit (Hindu ) as well asPali (Buddhist )animal fables inverse andprose .
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An example—in India, we're going to restore a 16th Century book of fables called the Panchatantra.
Shaping BofA's Image in Asia Duncan Mavin 2011
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"Panchatantra," is based upon an idea of this kind.
Russian Fairy Tales A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore William Ralston Shedden Ralston 1858
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"Panchatantra," became the Hindu Panchopakhyan, the Hindostani
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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It is to be regretted that the author has not stated the sources whence he drew his stories, but that they are without exception of Eastern extraction does not admit of any doubt: some are taken from the "Panchatantra,"
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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[There is a story in the "Panchatantra" (v. 12) which, in default of other parallels, may be worth comparing with that part of this Skazka which refers to the blind man and the cripple in the forest.
Russian Fairy Tales A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore William Ralston Shedden Ralston 1858
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"Panchatantra," i. 426) and summarized by Mr. Goodwin in the
Russian Fairy Tales A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore William Ralston Shedden Ralston 1858
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Storybook: The Panchatantra (a folktale from India) - Candlelight Stories
Storybook: The Panchatantra (a folktale from India) - Candlelight Stories 2009
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The results create original and stunning images that reinvent the Panchatantra an ancient Indian collection of animal fables for the 21st century and further blur the boundaries between reality and illusion.
Evelyne Politanoff: Karen Knorr: "India Song," the Panchatantra of the 21st Century Evelyne Politanoff 2011
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The results create original and stunning images that reinvent the Panchatantra an ancient Indian collection of animal fables for the 21st century and further blur the boundaries between reality and illusion.
Evelyne Politanoff: Karen Knorr: "India Song," the Panchatantra of the 21st Century Evelyne Politanoff 2011
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A peacock mutates from a princely pet to a goddess blurring boundaries between reality and illusion reinventing the Panchatantra Indian animal fables in prose and verse for the 21st century.
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