English Explanatory Dictionary

Panchatantra

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A canonical collection of Sanskrit as well as Pali (Buddhist) animal fables in verse and prose.

Word forms

Panchatantra Pañcatantra

Etymology

From Sanskrit पञ्चतन्त्र (pañcatantra); ultimately from पञ्च (pañca, “five”) + तन्त्र (tantra).

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