# पञ्चतन्त्र (pañcatantra)

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पञ्चतन्त्र (pañcatantra) is a Sanskrit word meaning of a poem by Dharma-pandita, panchatantra, name of a collection of fables. Its 4 recorded definitions are grouped into 2 contexts, among them The collection of fables 'Pañcatantra', A poem named 'Pañcatantra'.

- **SLP1:** `paYcatantra`  **IAST:** pañcatantra  **Devanagari:** पञ्चतन्त्र
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panchatantra
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/panchatantra/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### The collection of fables 'Pañcatantra' (3 definitions)
- The title of a well-known collection of moral stories and fables in 5 books.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 576,1] पञ्च (pañca) — तन्त्र (—tantra) n. N. of the well-known collection of moral stories and fables in 5 books from which the Hitopadeśa is partly taken (also - क (-ka) ) [ ID=113638 ]
- The title of a famous collection of fables having five divisions  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > पञ्चतन्त्र (pañcatantra) [Printed book page 289 ] पञ्चतन्त्र (pañcatantra) n. T. of a collection of fables ( lit. having five divisions or books). [ ID=17543 ]
- Panchatantra, name of a collection of fables  
  *Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary*
  > पञ्चतन्त्र (pañcatantra) [Printed book page 185-a ] pañca-tantra, n. Panchatantra, name of a collection of fables. [‘having five divisions or books.’] [ ID=2409 ]

### A poem named 'Pañcatantra' (1 definition)
- of a poem by Dharma-pandita  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a poem by Dharma-paṇḍita [ ID=113639 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899).
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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