EPISODE · May 21, 2021 · 13 MIN
The Panchatantra | Children Stories from Indian Mythology | Bookcast #166
from A Book A Day - A Literary Podcast from India · host Kalampedia
The Panchatantra is an ancient Indian collection of interrelated animal fables in Sanskrit verse and prose, arranged within a frame story. The surviving work is dated to roughly 200 BCE – 300 CE, based on older oral tradition. Today, I narrate a story from this repository of fascinating tales.
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The Panchatantra is an ancient Indian collection of interrelated animal fables in Sanskrit verse and prose, arranged within a frame story. The surviving work is dated to roughly 200 BCE – 300 CE, based on older oral tradition. Today, I narrate a story from this repository of fascinating tales.
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