[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879) › c5.250 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.250 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.250 - **Language:** English ### [c5.250](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.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\*. - [Previous: c5.249](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.249) - [Next: c5.251](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.251) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) ## Cites (2) - [Vākyapadīya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.vyakarana.darsana.vakyapadiya-works.vakyapadiya) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit - [Rāvaṇavadha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.sastra.bhattikavya) — Bhaṭṭi, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.250](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.250) · Pramāṇa