Narayan Pandit (
Hindi: नारायण पण्डित), or Narayana, was the Brāhmaṇa author of the ''
Sanskrit'' treatise called ''
Hitopadesha'' — a work based primarily on the ''
Panchatantra
The ''Panchatantra'' (IAST: Pañcatantra, ISO: Pañcatantra, sa, पञ्चतन्त्र, "Five Treatises") is an ancient Indian collection of interrelated animal fables in Sanskrit verse and prose, arranged within a frame story. '', one of the oldest collection of stories, mainly animal fables, in the world. Narayana's dates are not known, but scholarly consensus places the composition of the ''Hitopadesha'' at around 800 to 950 CE. The last lines of the book indicate the name of the author as Narayan Pandit:
नारायणेन प्रचरतु रचितः संग्रहोsयं कथानाम्
Narayan Pandit was the royal poet of Dhawalchandra, the king of
Bengal.
Information about Narayan Pandit
(in Hindi) The beginning and ending shlokas of the book indicate the deep faith of Narayan Pandit in lord Shiva.
See also
* Vishnu Sharma
* Indian writers
Notes
References
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External links
Hitopadesh
- Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Kala Kendra
Second, third and fourth part of Hitopadesh
(With English translation by Fredric Max Muler)
Indian Hindus
Sanskrit writers
Indian religious writers
9th-century Indian writers
10th-century Indian writers
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