On the Aindra School of Sanskrit Grammarians, their Place in the Sanskrit and Subordinate Literatures c8.102

c8.102

The condition of other Sanskrit books such as the Pañcatantra is yet more remarkable, as identity of form is seldom preserved in the several recensions we have of these texts, and additions to the matter are frequent. At least four texts of the Pañcatantra are known, and Profr. Benfey has discussed these with the greatest care and minuteness⁴). The fourth (which I found in S. India) he considers, is the nearest to the original form⁵). But the Pañcatantra is not the only popular collection of stories which appears in various forms; the Vetālapañcaviṃçati, Çukasaptati and others are in the same condition.