A History of Indian Literature v3.c35.s9.5

v3.c35.s9.5

⁴ “A man is not considered to be a learned person, probably rightly, unless be can quote at least a few of the poet’s famous epigrams that throw light on the question forming the topic of conversation, in which he participates” says the Indian Krishna Śāstri Bhatavadekar in his foreword to the collection of maxims published by him; see Pantschatantra, transl. by L. Fritze, p. XI f.