Friday, October 2, 2020

 


Panchtantra

                                           India is the origin of many things in the world including '0', Yoga, and the great literary creation of Panchatantra.

                                             Panchatantra is considered to be written in 300 BC by one Vishnu Sharma but nobody knows whether he was an author of Panchatantra or he was some imaginary character. However, Panchatantra stories have become the most popular and well-read books in the world. It has its versions in poetic, dramatic, and storytelling forms. It is translated in Major fifty languages in the world. It is available in Sanskrit, Arabic, Syrian, Hebrew, Latin, German, French, Spanish, and many other languages of the world.

                                            The wisdom stories in Panchatantra are narrated through the participation of Animals like a Lion, Fox, and Bull including Birds. Stories teach Smartness, Diplomacy, Crookedtness for doing something good in an unethical way. 



                                             Besides that, it deals with the following Main Subjects in its Stories.

1)How to Brake the strength of friendship?

2)How to make friends for one advantage?

3)When to go for War and when to end the Same.

4)It describes how one loses important thing which is in his hand?

5) How to be cautious about the things one does not know much.?

                                                      However, some of the critics are not happy about the Panchatantra which teaches Smartness, Crookedness, and Cunningness.

                                                      But nobody can deny that Panchtantra is the most popular, well-read book and translated into the major languages of the world.

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