Panchatantra is written in five sections:Īparikitakaraka: Ill-Considered Action / Rash deeds Panchatantra are a collection of five volumes of stories written by a teacher to instruct the different aspects of kinghood for princes. Panchatantra is a technical or scientific treatise thus it is considered a treatise on political science and human conduct. My intention is to throw some light into the story of Panchatantra and the application of its morals in one’s student life, as we all are students of life. We tend to forget the wisdom available in our mother land. It was like, the adage of you name it, and we have it. Be it in the form of puranans, Upanishads, Vedas, the epics like Ramayana, Mahabharata or the Bhagavat Gita or fables. Long before the advent of motivational gurus, life coaches and agony aunts, India had the tradition of summing up all the words of wisdom in the form literary gems. A wise old man by the name of Vishnu Sharman came along and undertook the task of making the princes masters of the art of intelligent living – niti.Application of Panchatantra Stories in Today’s Context These three princes were not just foolish, they also hated studying.

Hundreds of years ago, there lived a king of Amarasakti who had three sons. The word niti means roughly “the wise conduct of life.” The Panchatantra is a niti-shastra, or textbook of niti. Often these stories contain anecdotes and epigrammatic verses within them – the entire effect not unlike the Kaavads (portable wooden boxed) used by Rajasthani storytellers. Each part consists of a primary frame story, which in turn contains stories within it. The original text consists of an introduction, followed by five parts or treatises. Literally translated, it means interweaving five skeins of traditions and teachings into a text. The word “ Panchatantra” is a combination of the words Pancha – meaning five in Sanskrit, and Tantra – meaning weave. The fables are likely much older, having been passed down generations orally. The earliest recorded work, attributed to Vishnu Sharma, dates to about 300 BCE. The Panchatantra is an ancient Indian collection of inter-related animal fables in Sanskrit verse and prose.

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