The ‘Five Treatises’ is an ancient Indian collection of interrelated animal fables in Sanskrit verse and prose, arranged within a frame story about the education of princes. The five treatises—Mitra-bheda, Mitra-lābha, Kākolūkīyam, Labdhapraṇāśam, Aparīkṣitakārakaṃ—explore themes of alliances, war, loss, and ill-judged action.
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