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panchatantra

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.28 in modern English

Syllables
pan-chatantra
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A canonical collection of Sanskrit as well as Pali (Buddhist) animal fables in verse and prose.

Etymology

From Sanskrit पञ्चतन्त्र (pañcatantra); ultimately from पञ्च (pañca, “five”) + तन्त्र (tantra).

Inflected Forms

Pañcatantra (alternative)

Questions

What does panchatantra mean?
A canonical collection of Sanskrit as well as Pali (Buddhist) animal fables in verse and prose.
Where does panchatantra come from?
From Sanskrit पञ्चतन्त्र (pañcatantra); ultimately from पञ्च (pañca, “five”) + तन्त्र (tantra).

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