Panchatantra is a Sanskrit word which means “Five principles.” The original Sanskrit text of “Panchatantra” was written by Pandit Vishnu Sharma around 200 BC, and contained a collection of popular tales. The Panchatantra stories are fables based mostly on animals which always end with a moral. The Panchatantra is the oldest collection of Indian fables surviving today. Panchatantra, consists of five books of animal fables and magic tales. Each of these stories have a moral that continues to be relevant to this day.

The five principles are :

Mitra Bhedha (The Loss of Friends)
Mitra Laabha (Gaining Friends)
Suhrudbheda (Causing Dissension Between Friends)
Vigraha (Separation)
Sandhi (Union)