180 Analytical Account of the Pa)w/ia Tantra, 



The remainder of this section, and the destruction of the Owls, by their 

 more crafty enemies, corresponds in the Panclia Tantra, and Kalila 

 Damana. 



The third section comprises seventeen stories. 



SECTION FOURTH. 

 LOSS OF THAT WHICH HAS BEEN GAINED. 



The fourth section of the Pancha Tantra, illustrative of the folly of 

 losing what has once been acquired {Labdha-prasamana*) corresponds with 

 the ninth chapter of the Kalila Damana, which relates the story of " The 

 Monkey and the Tortoise." The Arabic, or Pehlevi translator has, how- 

 ever, made rather short work with his original, and has turned the twelve 

 tales of the latter into two. 



The chief performers in this selection, and the circumstances, out of 

 which the tales arise, are the same; only, instead of a Tortoise, the 

 treacherous friend of the Monkey, is the Makara, a fabulous aquatic 

 animal, whicii corresponds, in representation at least, with the Capricornus 

 of the Greek Zodiac. The first story, narrated by the Monkey after his 

 escape, is that of " Tlie Snake and the Frogs," The former is introduced 

 into his well, by the King of the latter, to revenge him on his rebellious 

 subjects. This being done, however, he devours the king's subjects, and 

 finally, the king himself The moral is, " that hunger will be appeased, 

 even in spite of crime." 



The next story is the only one of the section, found in the Arabic, that 

 of " The sick Lion, the Jackall, and the Ass." 



The next story is that of " a Potter, who, having cut his forehead against 

 some broken pots, is encountered, bleeding, by a Prince, and taken for a 

 \aliant warrior by him, in consequence of which, he is enrolled amongst 

 his guards. When the mistake is discovered, the prince orders him to 

 withdraw : and when the potter requests that he may be allowed to stay, 



* It is also read Labdha Pran'as'ajta, and Labdha Pran'ds'a, but the sense is the same. 



