The Panchatantra

Panchatantra, (Sanskrit: “Five

Treatises” or “Five Chapters”) also
spelled Pancatantra, collection of
Indian animal fables, which has had
extensive circulation both in the
country of its origin and throughout
the world.
The Panchatantra is intended as a
textbook of niti (“policy,”
especially for kings and
statesmen); the aphorisms tend
to glorify shrewdness and
cleverness rather than altruism.
 Vishnu sharma

Vishnu Sharma was the author

of this anthropomorphic political
treatise called Panchatantra. He
lived in Varanasi in the 3rd
century BC. He was a Sanskrit
scholar and the official Guru of
the then prince of Kashi. He
wrote Panchatantra to teach
political science to his royal
disciples.
CHARACTERS:
Simba, Cub Nala, Scar, and
Sarafina. The importent
character was Simba.
Point of view: First Person
Symbols: lion, Scholarship
Themes: Sensibility, wisdom and
friendship
Conflict:man vs. man
Exposition: The four Brahmans went on a
journey to test their scholarship.
Rising action: They found a bones of a
dead lion and the senseless scholars
agreed to bring it back to life.
Climax: The lion was revived and killed
the first three Brahmans while the
sensible Brahman saved himself.
 Denouement: The sensible Brahman
survived because he climb up the
three.
Resolution: The sensible Brahman
realized that scholarship is less than
sense.