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Panchatantra

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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Mitra-samprāpti2.p01016–2.p01020
Mitra-samprāpti2.p01016

Sanskrit · 2.p01016

अथ मित्र-सम्प्राप्तिः

English · Meaning

Now, the attainment of friends.

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Mitra-samprāpti2.p01017

Sanskrit · 2.p01017

अथेदम् आरभ्यते मित्र-सम्प्राप्तिर् नाम द्वितीयं तन्त्रम् । यस्यायम् आद्यः श्लोकः-

English · Meaning

Now the second tantra, called “The Attainment of Friends,” is begun; its opening verse is:

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Mitra-samprāpti2.1

Sanskrit · 2.1

असाधना अपि प्राज्ञा बुद्धिमनोत् बहु-श्रुताः । साधयन्त्य् आशु कार्याणि काकाखु-मृग-कूर्मवत् ॥

English · Meaning

Even without means, wise people—buddhimanot as transmitted is uncertain, apparently “intelligent”—and widely learned quickly accomplish undertakings, like the crow, the mouse, the deer, and the tortoise.

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Mitra-samprāpti2.p01019

Sanskrit · 2.p01019

तद् यथानुश्रूयते-

English · Meaning

This is related as follows:

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Mitra-samprāpti2.p01020

Sanskrit · 2.p01020

प्रस्तावना-कथा लघुपतनक-चित्रग्रीव-वृत्तान्तः

English · Meaning

Introductory story: the account of Laghupatanaka and Citragrīva.

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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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