Panchatantra was written by

Key Points

• Vishnu Sharma is the author of the Panchtantra.
• Panchtantra is an ancient collection of animal fables.
  • The original collection is believed to be compiled in Kashmir around 200 BC.
  • In the current form, it was compiled between the third and fifth centuries AD.
  • The Panchatantra is intended as a textbook of policy, especially for kings and statesmen.
  • The introduction attributes the stories to a Brahmin named Vishnusharman who used animal fables to instruct the three dull-witted sons of a king.

Additional Information

• Kalidas
  • Kalidasa was a Classical Sanskrit writer, widely regarded as the greatest poet and dramatist in the Sanskrit language of India.
  • Much about his life is unknown, only what can be inferred from his poetry and plays.
  • His plays and poetry are primarily based on the Vedas, the Ramayana, the Mahabharata, and the Puranas.
  • His surviving works consist of three plays, two epic poems, and two shorter poems.
  • His works cannot be dated with precision, but they were most likely authored within the 4th-5th century CE.
• Tulsidas
  • Tulsidas was the most important poet of the Rama Bhakti school.
  • The wave of the Bhakti movement spear-headed in the North by Ramananda may have influenced Tulsidas.
  • His disciples were free to interpret Rama in any manner they liked so long as they felt drawn towards him as an object of worship and devotion.

Jaydev

•         Jaidev wrote the epic Geet Govind.
• Jaidev was the court poet of Bengal and the famous Sanskrit poet of the 12th century.
• He composed the book Geet Govind, an important text of the Bhakti Movement.
• It was composed in the 12th century.
• Here, in the lyrical poem, he immortalized the love of Radha and Lord Krishna.
• He describes every phase of longing, jealousy, hope, anger, reconciliation, and disappointment in the poem.