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पञ्चतन्त्रम्

Panchatantra

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Panchatantra

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Kathā-mukha0.p00001–0.1
Kathā-mukha0.p00001

Sanskrit · 0.p00001

पञ्चतन्त्रम्

English · Meaning

The Pañcatantra, “The Five Treatises.”

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कथा-मुखम्

English · Meaning

The opening of the story.

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Kathā-mukha0.p00003

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ॐ नमः श्री-शारदा-गणपति-गुरुभ्यः । महा-कविभ्यो नमः ।

English · Meaning

Om. Homage to auspicious Śāradā, Gaṇapati, and the gurus; homage to the great poets.

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Kathā-mukha0.p00004

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ब्रह्मा रुद्रः कुमारो हरि-वरुण-यमा वह्निर् इन्द्रः कुबेरश् चन्द्रादित्यौ सरस्वत्य्-उदधि-युग-नगा वायुर् उर्वी-भुजङ्गाः । सिद्धा नद्यो ऽश्विनौ श्रीर् दितिर् अदिति-सुता मातरश् चण्डिकाद्या वेदास् तीर्थानि यक्षा गण-वसु-मुनयः पान्तु नित्यं ग्रहाश् च ॥

English · Meaning

May Brahmā, Rudra, Kumāra, Hari, Varuṇa, Yama, Fire, Indra, Kubera, the Moon and the Sun, Sarasvatī, the ocean, the ages, the mountains, the wind, the earth, the serpents, the perfected beings, the rivers, the Aśvins, Śrī, Diti, Aditi’s sons, the mothers beginning with Caṇḍikā, the Vedas, the sacred fords, the Yakṣas, the hosts, the Vasus, the sages, and the planets always protect.

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Kathā-mukha0.1

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मनवे वाचस्पतये शुक्राय पराशराय स-सुताय । चाणक्याय च विदुषे नमो ऽस्तु नय-शास्त्र-कर्तृभ्यः ॥

English · Meaning

Homage to Manu, Vācaspati, Śukra, Parāśara together with his son, and to the learned Cāṇakya; homage be to the authors of treatises on statecraft.

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Contents

6 chapters
  1. Kathā-mukha
  2. Mitra-bheda
  3. Mitra-samprāpti
  4. Kākolūkīya
  5. Labdha-praṇāśa
  6. Aparīkṣita-kāraka

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Panchatantra

Panchatantra

Panchatantra · Digital Sanskrit transcription; Suno Katha free Library release

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Free Library: Sanskrit + transliteration + English + Hindi + Gujarati meanings. EN 2703/2703; HI 2703/2703; GU 2703/2703; chapters 6. Meanings are machine-assisted study drafts, not a scholarly edition.

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