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The Panchatantra Retold: Part 3 - Kakolukiyam

The Panchatantra Retold: Part 3 - Kakolukiyam

Vishnu Sharma
4.5/5 ( ratings)
Librarian's Note: this is an alternate cover edition for ASIN: B00RPPT0GI.

What do you do as a father and a King if your three heirs are indolent and ignorant, and, as a result, the very future of your kingdom is at stake?

You turn the three brats over to the intellectual powerhouse Pandit Vishnu Sharma!

The Panchatantra Retold is a collection of entertaining and enlightening folk-tales from Ancient India, originally narrated by Pandit Vishnu Sharma to the three Princes of Mahilaropya to infuse them with the much-needed worldly wisdom that traditional learning had failed to impart.

So the Panchatantra can actually be described as an Ancient self-help book on how to navigate successfully through the various vicissitudes of life. It is important to mention though that these stories are not didactic and moralistic in any sentimental, black and white way. The good do not always win here. This led the German scholar Dr. Johannes Hertel to describe the stories as 'Machiavellian' in tone. It is a possibility that Machiavelli himself was familiar with the stories from the Panchatantra and that they were something of an influence for his own work 'The Prince'.

The stories offer a vivid picture of life in Ancient India, and it is interesting to discover that, for all the progress made over the many centuries since the Panchatantra was written, the essential qualities of human psychology have not altered to that great an extent.

The stories are divided into five sections - Mitra Bheda , Mitra Samprapti , Kakolukiyam , Labdhapranasam , and Apariksitakarakam .

This is the third section, Kakolukiyam . The main story is about how the crows plan to defend themselves against the marauding attacks of the owls, and the rest of the stories show how they put this plan into action. This is perhaps the most politically-tinged section of the Panchatantra, and is said to be greatly influenced by Acharya Chanakya's 'Arthashastra'.

There are 18 stories in this volume.
Language
English
Pages
86
Format
Kindle Edition
Publisher
Maysun In C
Release
January 01, 2016

The Panchatantra Retold: Part 3 - Kakolukiyam

Vishnu Sharma
4.5/5 ( ratings)
Librarian's Note: this is an alternate cover edition for ASIN: B00RPPT0GI.

What do you do as a father and a King if your three heirs are indolent and ignorant, and, as a result, the very future of your kingdom is at stake?

You turn the three brats over to the intellectual powerhouse Pandit Vishnu Sharma!

The Panchatantra Retold is a collection of entertaining and enlightening folk-tales from Ancient India, originally narrated by Pandit Vishnu Sharma to the three Princes of Mahilaropya to infuse them with the much-needed worldly wisdom that traditional learning had failed to impart.

So the Panchatantra can actually be described as an Ancient self-help book on how to navigate successfully through the various vicissitudes of life. It is important to mention though that these stories are not didactic and moralistic in any sentimental, black and white way. The good do not always win here. This led the German scholar Dr. Johannes Hertel to describe the stories as 'Machiavellian' in tone. It is a possibility that Machiavelli himself was familiar with the stories from the Panchatantra and that they were something of an influence for his own work 'The Prince'.

The stories offer a vivid picture of life in Ancient India, and it is interesting to discover that, for all the progress made over the many centuries since the Panchatantra was written, the essential qualities of human psychology have not altered to that great an extent.

The stories are divided into five sections - Mitra Bheda , Mitra Samprapti , Kakolukiyam , Labdhapranasam , and Apariksitakarakam .

This is the third section, Kakolukiyam . The main story is about how the crows plan to defend themselves against the marauding attacks of the owls, and the rest of the stories show how they put this plan into action. This is perhaps the most politically-tinged section of the Panchatantra, and is said to be greatly influenced by Acharya Chanakya's 'Arthashastra'.

There are 18 stories in this volume.
Language
English
Pages
86
Format
Kindle Edition
Publisher
Maysun In C
Release
January 01, 2016

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