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Panchatantra collection: Book 5: Ill-Considered Action.
Series 5 · Ill-Considered Action
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Reference translation: Arthur W. Ryder (1925)
The Suno Katha edition is a retelling, distinct from the original source. Ancient works may carry traditional attribution.
Panchatantra, Book 5 (Ill-Considered Action), story 9 of 12 in Ryder's translation.
Panchatantra, Book 5 (Ill-Considered Action), story 9 of 12 in Ryder's translation.
This edition’s learning and discussion questions will be added after review.
Panchatantra collection: Book 5: Ill-Considered Action.
The Panchatantra is traditionally associated with Vishnusharman; sequence and story boundaries vary across editions.
This is a Suno Katha retelling; its source notes appear after the story.
From the Suno Katha catalogue
SKU: SK-PANCHATANTRA-5-9-THE-UNFORGIVING-MONKEY
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Six plates, a fork, two endings, one moral, a dedication page.
This edition’s learning page is not authored yet. See the collection discussion prompt below.
“The Unforgiving Monkey” is catalogue entry 9 of 12 in Book 5, Ill-Considered Action. Ryder’s 1925 contents lists it at pages 454–462.
Aparīkṣita-kāraka examines actions taken before the facts are understood. Its tales explore haste, greed, imagination and the difference between learned knowledge and practical judgement.
Source reference 5.p02570. This opens the corresponding passage; it does not assert identical story boundaries across editions.
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This story’s source at 5.p02570 (tantra 5) — Sanskrit, transliteration and English meanings, readable in this tab.
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