Essay name: Panchatantra: A reflex of Arthashastra
Author:
M. N. Indrani
Affiliation: Karnatak University / Department of Sanskrit
The essay studies the Panchatantra in relation to the Arthashastra by proposing that that Indian fable literature divides into educative and entertaining narratives, both traced back to the sacred Vedic texts. It highlights the 'Pancatantra' and its kin as representative of educative stories.
Chapter 1 - A survey of the Niti-Katha-Sahitya
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. The Balabhadracarita of Subhavardanaghani,
4. The Vimalanathacarita of Jñānasāgara,
5. The Vimalasahacarita of Indrahamsagani,
6. The Udayanarājacarita of Mallisena,
·7. The Vijayacandracarita of Candraprabhā Mahattara,
8. The Sahasānkacarita of Maheśvara.
The following are other books of tales:
1. The Kathālathāmañjarī of Nārāyaṇa Śāstri,
2. The Kathāvali of G. Ramaswami Śāstrin,
3. The Puruṣaparikṣ� by Lakṣmaṇaśiva,
4. The Kathākusumamañjarī (anonymous),
5. The Madanasukhacapeṭikā of Lakṣminārāyaṇa,
6. The Sudāmacaritra of Srinivasa,
7. The Suryaṇacarita of Candrasekhara,
8. The Kaṭhārṇava of Śivadāsa,
9. The Tārakabrahmakaṭhā (anonymous), and
10. The Pramathacarita of Brahmavidyadhvarin.
"In the Kathāpañcaka, Mrs. Kṛṣṇarao of Bombay depicts
five careers of sadness and dispair and inculcates the high
Indian ideal of pity and forgiveness. In the pathetic tales of the
dejected young widow and the fisher folk, the blame seems to be
thrown on the hard tyranny of social laws and customs rather
than on the individuals. The old widow in whom the motherly
