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Panchatantra

ancient Sanskrit text of animal fables from India
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Panchatantra
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Facts

15 properties
Instance of
literary work
Inception
300 BC[10]
Author
Vishnu Sharma[2]
Genre
fable[3]
Language of work or name
Sanskrit[4]
Copyright status
public domain[24]
Derivative work
Kalila and Demna[23]
Described by source
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Yuzhakov Big Encyclopedia, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]
Entry in abbreviations table
Pañcat.[37]
Form of creative work
short story collection, collection of fairy tales[35][36]
Has part(s)
Mitra-bheda, Mitra-lābha, Kākolūkīyam, Labdhapraṇāśam, Aparīkṣitakārakaṃ[5][6][7][8][9]
Has parts
Mitra-bheda, Mitra-lābha, Kākolūkīyam, Labdhapraṇāśam, Aparīkṣitakārakaṃ
Has version, edition or translation
The Panchatantra, Le Pantcha-Tantra ou les cinq ruses, Panchatantra[11][12][13]
Narrative motif
deity rides bird, Garuda-bird, golden bird, election of king of birds, king of elephants, king of frogs, religious animals, foolish marriage of old man and young girl, animals with human traits, carpenter[25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34]
Title
पञ्चतन्त्र[22]
🏷️ Also known as
en Tantropakhyana en Tantrakhyayika en Pancatantra en Panchakhyana en Panchakhyanaka en Panchatantra ar كليله و دمنه ar كليله ودمنه ar الفصول الخمسة ar بنجاتنترا ar حكايات كليلة و دمنة ar حكايات كليلة ودمنة ar كليلة و دمنة ar كليلة ودمنة و اصله الهندي cs Pančatantra cs Bidpaj fa پنچه تنتره fa کلیله دمنه fa کلیله‌ودمنه fa کلیله و دمنه
🔖 Identifiers · 25
VIAF cluster ID
195070997
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n82004995, no2009051025
GND ID
4252628-0
BIBSYS ID
90765344
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
120115008
Bitraga work ID
5463
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf11935459
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/Panchatantra-Indian-literature
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
pancatantra
FAST ID
1357508
Freebase ID
/m/01j6kk
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
panchatantra
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Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0048808
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
panchatantra-c32871
Gujarati Vishwakosh entry
પંચતંત્ર
IdRef ID
028238206
J9U entity ID
987007266376305171, 987007311393405171
NE.se ID
pancatantra
NUKAT ID
t 2005060457
National Library of Ireland ID
vtls001261628
National Library of Lithuania ID
LNB:NH4;=tj
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX3988542
Quora topic ID
Panchatantra-1
Topic's main category
Category:Panchatantra
Vatican Library VcBA ID
492/5560

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🔗 Connections
Described by source 4
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
← Based on 2
Kalila and Demna, Anvar-i Suhaili
Author 1
Vishnu Sharma
Copyright status 1
public domain
Created notable works 1
Vishnu Sharma
Derivative work 1
Kalila and Demna
Form of creative work 1
short story collection
Genre 1
fable
Instance of 1
literary work
Language of work or name 1
Sanskrit
Topic's main category 1
Category:Panchatantra
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Panchatantra
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Summary

Panchatantra is a literary work[1].

Related Entities

Kalila and Demna literary work public domain

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  24. [25] ↑ . Motif-Index of Folk-Literature: Volume 1: A–C. wikidata.org.
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  32. [33] ↑ . Motif-Index of Folk-Literature: Volume 1: A–C. wikidata.org.
  33. [34] ↑ . Motif-Index of Folk-Literature. Retrieved . sites.ualberta.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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