The Satakas of BhartrihariThis is Volume XI of fourteen in the India: Language and Literature Oriental series. First published in 1886, of the three ?atakas or centuries of couplets ascribed to Bhart?ihari, the Nîti and Yairâgya ?atakas alone are included in the following pages. |
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... for ever . 20. Wisdom , indeed , is the highest ornament that a man possesses . It is a valuable to be carefully guarded , for wisdom gains food , glory , and blessing . It is the lord of lords . Wisdom is as a friend to a NITI SATAKA . 3.
... for ever . 20. Wisdom , indeed , is the highest ornament that a man possesses . It is a valuable to be carefully guarded , for wisdom gains food , glory , and blessing . It is the lord of lords . Wisdom is as a friend to a NITI SATAKA . 3.
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Biscoe Hale Wortham. of lords . Wisdom is as a friend to a man travelling in a distant land . Wisdom is honoured among kings even more than wealth . The man devoid of wisdom is but an animal . 21. If a man has patience , what need has he ...
Biscoe Hale Wortham. of lords . Wisdom is as a friend to a man travelling in a distant land . Wisdom is honoured among kings even more than wealth . The man devoid of wisdom is but an animal . 21. If a man has patience , what need has he ...
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... lord of the demons , though he has nothing left him but his head , devours in his course only the lord of the day and the ruler of the night . 35. Sesha bears all the worlds placed on his serpent- like head : he himself is always borne ...
... lord of the demons , though he has nothing left him but his head , devours in his course only the lord of the day and the ruler of the night . 35. Sesha bears all the worlds placed on his serpent- like head : he himself is always borne ...
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