Amar Chitra Katha - Hitopadesha: Choice of Friends and other stories

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Narayana, the author of Hitopadesha, has drawn most of his material from Pand;t Vishnu Sharma's Panchatantra , Panchatantra was written between the second and third centuries B.C. but Hitopadesha came much later. Narayana reconstructed the first three tantras and added about fifteen new tales. The raison d'etre of both books remains the same. A certain Indian King was perturbed that his three sons were averse to any kind of learning. Taking the advice of his counsellors, the king sends the princes to one Vishnu Sharma, who was not only a learned Brahman but was also a remarkable teacher. Within a short period of six months, the pandit instructs the princes In the art of politics and wordly wisdom, by telling them stories about bird, beast and man. EachsJ).ar<Jct.er in his. storje~ becomes a vehicle 'of s~m: precept, either directly or indirectly.

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