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In this book, McComas Taylor looks at the discourses that give shape and structure to the fall of the indigo jackal and the other tales within the Pancatantra. The work's fictional metasociety of animals, kings, and laundrymen are divided according to their jand#x0101;ti, or "kind." This discourse of caste holds that individuals' essential natures, statuses, and social circles are all determined by their birth.