Hitopadesha
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title:
Hitopadesha
text:
Hitopadesha is an Indian text in the Sanskrit language consisting of fables with both animal and human characters. It incorporates maxims, worldly wisdom and advice on political affairs in simple, elegant language, and the work has been widely translated. Little is known about its origin. The surviving text is believed to be from the 12th-century, but was probably composed by Narayana between 800 and 950 CE. The oldest manuscript found in Nepal has been dated to the 14th century, and its content
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description:
Medieval era Sanskrit text with animal fables
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitopadesha
date created:
2005-05-16T19:07:22Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T07:07:21Z
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