Question

In the Panchatantra, a jackal falls into a vat of dye of this color and subsequently pretends to be a protector of the jungle named Chandru. For 10 points each:
[10e] Give this color. The epithet Nīlakaṇṭha refers to this color, acquired after Shiva drank the halāhala poison.
ANSWER: blue
[10m] In the Panchatantra, a tree and buffalo fail to help a Brahmin escape from this animal before a jackal succeeds. In the Jataka Tales, a previous incarnation of the Buddha sacrifices himself for this starving animal.
ANSWER: tiger
[10h] This widely popular Persian collection, translated from the Panchatantra by Borzuya, is titled for the two jackals who narrate and participate in many of its stories.
ANSWER: Kalīla wa-Dimna
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