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Panchatantra

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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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Kākolūkīya3.131–3.p01700
Kākolūkīya3.131

Sanskrit · 3.131

कालो हि सकृद् अभ्येति यन् नरं काल-काङ्क्षिणम् । दुर्लभः स पुनस् तेन काल-कर्माचिकीर्षता ॥

English · Meaning

Time comes only once to a man who longs for the right time; that time is difficult to obtain again for one who wishes to perform an action at the proper time.

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Kākolūkīya3.p01697

Sanskrit · 3.p01697

श्रूयते च यथा-

English · Meaning

And it is heard as follows:

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Kākolūkīya3.132

Sanskrit · 3.132

कश्चित् क्षुद्र-समाचारः प्राणिनां काल-सन्निभः । विचचार महारण्ये घोरः शुनि-लुब्धकः ॥

English · Meaning

A certain terrible hunter connected with dogs—of vile conduct, like Death to living beings—wandered in a great forest.

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Kākolūkīya3.p01699

Sanskrit · 3.p01699

अरिमर्दनः प्राह-कथम् एतत् ?

English · Meaning

Arimardana said, “How is this?”

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Kākolūkīya3.p01700

Sanskrit · 3.p01700

रक्ताक्षः कथयति- कथा ५ ब्राह्मण-सर्प-कथा

English · Meaning

Raktākṣa tells: Story 5. The Brahmin–Serpent Story.

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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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