Title: Pañcatantra : the book of India's folk wisdom /
Authors: Olivelle, Patrick.
Publisher: Oxford University Press,
Year: 1997
Subjects: Fables, Indic.
Contents: Pancatantra -- The Prelude to the Story. Bk. I. On Causing Dissension among Allies. Story 1. The Monkey That Pulled the Wedge. Story 2. The Jackal That Tried to Eat a Drum. Story 3. The Adventures of an Ascetic. Story 4. How the Crows Killed the Snake. Story 5. The Hare That Outwitted the Lion. Story 6. How the Louse Got Killed Trying to be Nice to a Bug. Story 7. How the Lion's Servants Got the Camel Killed. Story 8. How the Sandpiper Defeated the Ocean. Story 9. The Bird That Tried to Advise a Monkey. Story 10. Two Friends and Betrayed Trust. Story 11. The Iron-Eating Mice. Bk. II. On Securing Allies. Story 1. The Ascetic and the Mouse. Story 2. How Citranga Got Caught in a Trap. Bk. III. On War and Peace: The Story of the Crows and the Owls. Story 1. The Ass in a Leopard's Skin. Story 2. The Owl is Elected King of Birds. Story 3. How the Rogues Tricked the Brahmin. Story 4. The Old Merchant and his Young Wife. Story 5. The Thief, the Ogre, and the Brahmin. Story 6. How the Unfaithful Wife Tricked her Foolish Husband. Story 7. The Mouse That Turned into a Girl. Story 8. Frogs Go for a Ride on the Back of a Snake. Bk. IV. On Losing What You Have Gained. Story 1. The Ass without Ears or a Heart. Bk. V. On Hasty Actions. Story 1. Building Castles in the Air. Story 2. The Barber Who Killed the Monks -- App. I. Concordance of Stories -- App. II. Stories in Other Pancatantra Versions.