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Vishnu Sharma
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Vishnu Sharma was an Indian scholar and author who wrote the Panchatantra, a collection of fables.
A page from Kelileh o Demneh dated 1429, from Herat, a Persian translation of the Panchatantra derived from the Arabic version – Kalila wa Dimna – dep
A page from Kelileh o Demneh dated 1429, from Herat, a Persian translation of the Panchatantra derived from the Arabic version – Kalila wa Dimna – depicts the manipulative jackal-vizier, Dimna, trying to lead his lion-king into war.
Panchatantra
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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 about 200 BCE, but the fables are likely much more ancient. The text's author is unknown, but it has been attributed to Vishnu Sharma in some recensions and Vasubhaga in others, both of which may be fictitious pen names. It is likely a Hindu text, and based on older oral traditions with "animal fables that are as old as we are able to imagine".
The first page of oldest surviving Panchatantra text in Sanskrit
The first page of oldest surviving Panchatantra text in Sanskrit
An 18th-century Pancatantra manuscript page in Braj ("The Talkative Turtle")
An 18th-century Pancatantra manuscript page in Braj ("The Talkative Turtle")
A Panchatantra relief at the Mendut temple, Central Java, Indonesia
A Panchatantra relief at the Mendut temple, Central Java, Indonesia
A Panchatantra manuscript page
A Panchatantra manuscript page