Hitopadesa

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(good advice), in Hindu literature, is a famous collection of ethical tales and fables, compiled from the larger and older work called Pancha-tantra. It has often been printed in the original, and translated into various languages.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

E . good instruction), a celebrated Sanskrit collection of fables, which in the substance of them have passed into all the civilised literatures of the world.