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 3 - Contents of the Panchatantra
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. The story of an old man and a thief :
The old man (K膩m膩tura) was benefitted in the form of
getting an embrace out of fear of his young wife, who was
keeping him away.
Then
Arimardana asked another minister named
Vakr膩sana about his opinion, who also gave the same opinion of
killing him. To support his view, Vakr膩sana narrated the story
of a thief and demon.
9. The story of a demon and a thief:
Herein a thief entering the house of a br膩hmin saves his life
and made the demon flee away and thereby the two cows of brahmin
remained with him.8
Further, Arimardana asks Pr膩k膩rakar峁嘺 about his opinion.
He also said that Sthiraj墨vi should not be killed. By protecting
such person, one would be benefitted by knowing the secrets of
the enemies through him any time in future. But on any
account, our secrets should not get disclosed before Sthiraj墨vi.
Otherwise person is responsible for disclosure will die like the
serpents' living in the cavity of their home.鈦�
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啶多い啷嵿ぐ啶掂啶洁お啶� 啶灌た啶むぞ啶啶� 啶掂た啶掂う啶ㄠ啶む 啶ぐ啶膏啶ぐ啶 |
啶氞啶班啶� 啶溹啶掂た啶む 啶班ぞ啶曕啶粪じ啷囙え 啶む 啶椸啶啶椸ぎ啷� 啷�
[艣atravo'pi hit膩yaiva vivadanta岣� parasparam |
caure峁嘺 j墨vita峁� r膩k峁sena tu goyugam ||
] 1 Pa帽catantra, K膩kolukiya峁�, Kath膩 - 8, verse - 190, p.64.
啶ぐ啶膏啶ぐ啶膏啶� 啶ぐ啷嵿ぎ啶距ぃ啶� 啶 啶� 啶班啷嵿し啶ㄠ啶むた 啶溹え啷嵿い啶掂 啷�
啶� 啶忇さ 啶ㄠた啶оえ啶� 啶ぞ啶ㄠ啶むた 啶掂げ啷嵿ぎ啷�啶曕啶︵ぐ啶膏ぐ啷嵿お啶掂い啷� 啷�
[parasparasya marm膩峁噄 ye na rak峁nti jantava岣� |
ta eva nidhana峁� y膩nti valm墨kodarasarpavatu ||
] Pa帽catantra, K膩kolukiya峁�, Kath膩 -9, verse - 191, p.67.
