Panchatantra is a collection of interrelated animal fables arranged within a frame stroy. These were written about 300 BCE in Sanskrit verse and prose.
Ramayana is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India. It tells the story of the divine prince Rama who rescued his wife Sita from the demon king Ravana.
Siddheswara was one of the five acharya ("saints") of the Lingayat faith. He was a great mystic and poet, who was part of Basavanna's Lingayat revolution during the 12th century. He was instrumental in saving the vachana literature from destruction.
