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320 Names of Characters in the Pañcatantra

Story Two: The Moon in the Lake
Caturdanta [one with four tusks]—an elephant.
Lambakarṇa [whose ears are large]—a rabbit.

Story Three: The rabbit and the Partridge
Kapiñjala—a partridge.
Śīghraga [a quick runner]—a rabbit.
Tīkṣṇadaṁṣṭra [whose fangs are sharp]—a feral cat.

Story Four: The Brāhmaṇa and the Shrewd Thieves
Mitraśarmā—a brāhmaṇa.
Revāchaggī*—a goat. This name was given to a goat at New
Vrindavan by Śrīla Prabhupāda himself, who said that the animal
was an eater of goats in its previous life.

Story Five: The Brāhmaṇa and the Cobra
Hari Datta—an ambitious brāhmaṇa.
Svarṇadātā [one who bestows gold]—a large cobra.

Story Six: The Cruel Hunter and the Doves
Pakṣihā* [a killer of birds]—a wicked hunter.
Komalā* [a gentle lady]—a female dove.
Dharmātmā* [a pious soul]—a male dove.

Story Seven: The Thief, the Old Merchant and His Wife
Kāmātura [tormented by lust]—an old merchant.
Sundarī* [a beauty]—the old merchant’s young wife.

Story Eight: The Brāhmaṇa, the Thief and the rākṣasa

Droṇa—a brāhmaṇa.
Krūrakarmā* [of cruel deeds]—a thief.

Story nine: The Secrets of the Serpents
Devaśakti [whose strength is God-given]—a king.