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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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Labdha-praṇāśa4.p02024–4.p02028
Labdha-praṇāśa4.p02024

Sanskrit · 4.p02024

चतुर्थ-तन्त्रम्

English · Meaning

The fourth tantra.

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Labdha-praṇāśa4.p02025

Sanskrit · 4.p02025

अथ लब्ध-प्रणाशम्

English · Meaning

Now, The Destruction of What Has Been Acquired.

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Labdha-praṇāśa4.p02026

Sanskrit · 4.p02026

अथेदम् आरभते लब्ध-प्रणाशं नाम चतुर्थं तन्त्रम् । यस्यायम् आदिमः श्लोकः-

English · Meaning

Now this fourth book, called “Loss of What Has Been Gained,” is begun; of it this is the opening verse:

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Labdha-praṇāśa4.1

Sanskrit · 4.1

समुत्पन्नेषु कार्येषु बुद्धिर् यस्य न हीयते । स एव दुर्गं तरति जलस्थो वानरो यथा ॥

English · Meaning

When affairs have arisen, he whose intelligence does not fail—he alone crosses the difficult passage, as the monkey situated in the water does.

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Labdha-praṇāśa4.p02028

Sanskrit · 4.p02028

तद् यथानुश्रूयते- प्रस्तावना-कथा वानर-मकर-वृत्तान्तः

English · Meaning

This is how it is heard: introductory story—The story of the monkey and the crocodile.

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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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