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318 Names of Characters in the Pañcatantra

Story Eighteen: Dharmabuddhi and Pāpabuddhi
Dharmabuddhi [whose intelligence is pious]—one of the two
enterprising friends.
Pāpabuddhi [whose intelligence is impious]—another of the two
friends.

Story Twenty: The Iron Scale and the Son of a Merchant
Jīrṇadhana [one whose wealth has dwindled]—a merchant.
Dhanadeva [the lord of wealth]—the son of Jīrṇadhana’s friend.

Story Twenty-Two: The Thief and the Four Brāhmaṇas
Śukla [light]—a brāhmaṇa who became a thief.

Second Tantra

Story One: The Crow, the Mouse, the Turtle and the Deer
Laghupatanaka [one who lands easily]—a crow.
Citragrīva [one with beautiful neck feathers]—a king of the doves.
Hiraṇyaka [one who is after gold]—a mouse.
Mantharaka [who crawls slowly]—a turtle.
Citrāṅga [the beautifully spotted one]—a deer.
Story Two: The Scorpion and the Frog
Śraddhālu* [the trusting one]—a frog.
Durbhāgya* [misfortune]—a scorpion.

Story Three: The Sādhu and the Mouse

Tāmracūḍa [one with a top-knot of coppery hair]—a sādhu.
Svāmī Bṛhatsphiṅga [one with large buttocks]—a sannyāsī.
Story Four: Mother Śāṇḍilī and Her Sesame Seeds
Śāṇḍilī—a wife of a certain brāhmaṇa.