Panchatantra Index

From The Panchatantra of Vishnu Sharma, translated by Arthur W. Ryder (1925).

Book 1. The Loss of Friends. The jackal Victor attempts subverts the friendship between King Rusty the lion and Lively the bull.

The Wedge-Pulling Monkey. The jackal Cheek tells this story to Victor the jackal to show that it is dangerous to meddle in other people's business.

The Jackal and the War-Drum. The jackal Victor tells this story to Rusty the lion to show that something tremendous can turn out to be trivial.

Merchant Strong-Tooth. The jackal Victor tells this story to Lively the bull to show that the king's servants are powerful and must be placated.

Godly and June; Jackal at the Ram-Fight; Weaver's Wife
How the Crow-Hen Killed the Black Snake . . .
. . . The Heron That Liked Crab-Meat
Numskull and the Rabbit
The Weaver Who Loved a Princess
The Ungrateful Man
Leap and Creep
The Blue Jackal
Passion and the Owl
Ugly's Trust Abused
The Lion and the Carpenter
The Plover Who Fought the Ocean . . .
. . . Shell-Neck, Slim, and Grim
. . . Forethought, Ready-Wit, and Fatalist
. . . The Duel between Elephant and Sparrow
. . . The Shrewd Old Gander
. . . The Lion and the Ram
Smart the Jackal
The Monk Who Left His Body Behind . . .
. . . The Girl Who Married a Snake . . .
. . . . . . Poor Blossom
The Unteachable Monkey
Right-Mind and Wrong-Mind . . .
. . . A Remedy Worse Than the Disease
The Mice That Ate Iron
The Results of Education
The Sensible Enemy and the Foolish Friend

Book 2. The Winning of Friends

The Bharunda Birds
Gold's Gloom . . .
. . . Mother Shandilee's Bargain . . .
. . . . . . Self-Defeating Forethought
. . . Mister Duly
Soft the Weaver . . .
. . . Hang-Ball and Greedy
The Mice That Set Elephants Free
Spot's Captivity


Book 3. Crows and Owls

How the Birds Picked a King . . .
. . . How the Rabbit Fooled the Elephant
. . . The Cat's Judgement
The Brahman's Goat
The Snake and the Ants
The Snake Who Paid Cash . . .
. . . The Unsocial Swans
The Self-Sacrificing Dove
The Old Man with the Young Wife
The Brahman, the Thief, and the Ghost
The Snake in the Prince's Belly
The Gullible Carpenter
Mouse-Maid Made Mouse
The Bird With Golden Dung
The Cave That Talked
The Frogs That Rode Snakeback . . .
. . . The Butter-Blinded Brahman



Book 4. Loss Of Gains: The Monkey and the Crocodile

Handsome and Theodore
Flop-Ear and Dusty
The Potter Militant . . .
. . . The Jackal Who Killed no Elephants
The Ungrateful Wife
King Joy and Secretary Splendour
The Donkey in the Tiger-Skin
The Farmer's Wife
The Pert Hen-Sparrow
How Supersmart Ate the Elephant
The Dog Who Went Abroad