Books with title PANCHATANTRA STORIES: Illustrated

There was once a merchant who employed many carpenters and masons to build a temple in his garden. Regularly, they would start work in the morning; The Monkey And The Wedge - Panchatantra Story Pictureand take a break for the mid-day meals, and return to resume work till evening. One day, a group of monkey arrived at the site of the building and watched the workers leaving for their mid-day meals. One of the carpenters was sawing a huge log of wood. Since, it was only half-done; he placed a wedge in between to prevent the log from closing up. He then went off along with the other workers for his meal. When all the workers were gone, the monkeys came down from the trees and started jumping around the site, and playing with the instruments.

The oldest surviving collection of India fables,the Panchatantra,was probably written around 200 B.c. by the great Hindu scholar Pandit Vishnu Sharma.The Panchatantra is a book of niti,the wise conduct of life,written in the form a chain of simple stories.Each of these stories has a moral and philosophical theme aiming to guide the reader on how to attain success in life by understanding human nature.These tales have stood the test of time and are pertinent even in modern times.The Panchatantra is an abridged form written for children.Here is the complete translation of the book as written by Vishnu Sharma.

51 short and illustrarted stories from the Panchatantra. Panchatantra is from two Sankrit words "Pancha" means five and "tantra" means strategies. Panchantantra is part of Indian folklore for over 400 years now and has enchanted people all over the world. This book retells 51 short stories from the compilation and targeted for teens and youngsters. The stories revolves around the five strategies:- The Gain of Friends, Discord amongst friends, Of Crows and Owls, Loss of Gains and Imprudence. The illustrated stories in this volume are:- - Panchantantra Introduction - Four Friends and the Hunter - The Jackal and the Drum - The Mongoose and the Baby - The Talkative Tortoise - United we Stand - The Camel with a Bell - The Cunning Judge - The Merchant's son - Why the Owls became enemies of the Crows - The Visit of the Swan - A Poor Brahmins Dream - The Bullock and the Lion - The Sage and the Mouse - Beware of Mean friends - The Clever Hare - The Louse and the Bed-bug - The Blue Jackal - The Bird with Two Heads - The musical Donkey - The Rabbits and the Elephants - The Donkey and the Cunning Fox - The marriage of a snake - The Trick of the Crow - The Hunter and the Doves - The Lioness and the young jackal - The King and the monkey chief - The Rotating Wheel - The Prince and the seedling - The Wedding of a mouse - Hello ! Cave - The old greedy Crane - Wolf ! Wolf !! - The king cobra and the ants - The Bear and the two friends - The Frog and the serpent - The Monkey and the crocodile - The Brahmin and the three thugs - The King and the Parrots - The Revenge of the elephant - The Little mice and the big elephants - The Lion and the woodcutter - The Hermit and the jumping rat - The Wise crab - The Sparrow and the monkey - The Stag and his antlers - The foolish donkey - The falcon and the crow - The Trader and the sweeper - The Wolf and the Crane - The Thief, The Giant and the Brahmin

The stories of Panchatantra are ancient Indian fables that were written in Sanskrit and Pali languages. The central characters in these fascinating fables are many-a-times, animals and birds. They show their most identifying characteristics in the various stories, and impart valuable life-lessons and morals.This beautifully illustrated book offers a classic Panchatantra tale for every day of the year. Read about clever hares, cunning jackals, evil hunters, great friends and more! 365 Panchatantra Stories is a treasure of wisdom, the perfect addition to a child’s library.

The oldest surviving collection of India fables,the Panchatantra,was probably written around 200 B.c. by the great Hindu scholar Pandit Vishnu Sharma.The Panchatantra is a book of niti,the wise conduct of life,written in the form a chain of simple stories.Each of these stories has a moral and philosophical theme aiming to guide the reader on how to attain success in life by understanding human nature.These tales have stood the test of time and are pertinent even in modern times.The Panchatantra is an abridged form written for children.Here is the complete translation of the book as written by Vishnu Sharma.

The Panchatantra is a collection of folktales and fables that were believed to have been originally written in Sanskrit by Vishnu Sharma more than 2500 years ago. This collection of stories features animal characters which are stereotyped to associate certain qualities with them. The origins of the Panchatantra lie in a tale of its own, when a King approached a learned pandit to ask him to teach the important lessons of life to his ignorant and unwise sons. This learned scholar knew that the royal princes could not understand complex principles in an ordinary way. So, he devised a method wherein he would impart important knowledge in the form of simple and easy-to-understand folktales.