A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.250

c5.250

BHARTRI-HARI. A celebrated poet and grammarian, who is said to have been the brother of Vikramāditya. He wrote three Satakas or Centuries of verses, called—(1.) Sringāra-sataka, on amatory matters; (2.) Nīti-sataka, on polity and ethics; (3.) Vairāgya-sataka, on religious austerity. These maxims are said to have been written when he had taken to a religious life after a licentious youth. He was also author of a grammatical work of high repute called Vākya-padīya, and the poem called Bhatti-kāvya is by some attributed to him. The moral verses were translated into French so long ago as 1670. A note at the end of that translation says, “Trad. par le Brahmine Padmanaba en flamand et du flamand en français par Th. La Grue.” The text with a Latin translation was printed by Schiefner and Weber. There is a translation in German by Bohlen and Schütz, in French by Fauche, and of the erotic verses by Regnaud; in English by Professor Tawney in the *Indian Antiquary*.