<P> The Panchatantra ( IAST : Pañcatantra , Sanskrit : पञ्चतन्त्र , `` Five Treatises '' ) 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 300 BCE , but the fables are likely much more ancient . The text 's author is unknown , but 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 '' . </P>
<P> The Panchatantra ( IAST : Pañcatantra , Sanskrit : पञ्चतन्त्र , `` Five Treatises '' ) 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 300 BCE , but the fables are likely much more ancient . The text 's author is unknown , but 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 '' . </P>
mitrabheda are the chapter of which ancient text
mitrabheda are the chapter of which ancient text
The Panchatantra
The Panchatantra