Vishnu Sharma | |
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Native name | विष्णुशर्मन् / विष्णुशर्मा |
Born | c. 4th–6th centuries BCE |
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Language | Sanskrit |
Genre | Fable |
Notable works | Panchatantra |
Vishnu Sharma (Sanskrit: विष्णुशर्मन् / विष्णुशर्मा) was an Indian scholar and author who wrote the Panchatantra, a collection of fables.[1]
... credited to Pandit Vishnusharma somewhere between 1200 BC and AD 300. Many stories may have existed long before then, but Vishnusharma put them together as a single unit ...