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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... mountain ; from the top of the mountain to the earth , always falling lower and lower: even in so many ways is the NÎTI SATAKA. ...
... mountain ; from the top of the mountain to the earth , always falling lower and lower: even in so many ways is the NÎTI SATAKA. ...
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... mountain ; from the top of the mountain to the earth , always falling lower and lower : even in so many ways is the fall of one whose judgment has departed from him . II . Fire can be quenched by water , the heat of the sun can be kept ...
... mountain ; from the top of the mountain to the earth , always falling lower and lower : even in so many ways is the fall of one whose judgment has departed from him . II . Fire can be quenched by water , the heat of the sun can be kept ...
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... mountain - pass with the wild beasts than to live in the palace of the gods with a fool .. The Praise of Wisdom . 15. When wise men dwell in poverty - men whose words are adorned with polished sayings from the Sâstras , and who impart ...
... mountain - pass with the wild beasts than to live in the palace of the gods with a fool .. The Praise of Wisdom . 15. When wise men dwell in poverty - men whose words are adorned with polished sayings from the Sâstras , and who impart ...
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... mountain ; our family may be consumed by fire ; a thunderbolt may strike our might as it were an enemy : let us keep our money , for without this all the collected virtues are but a heap of grass . 40. These are all the same senses ...
... mountain ; our family may be consumed by fire ; a thunderbolt may strike our might as it were an enemy : let us keep our money , for without this all the collected virtues are but a heap of grass . 40. These are all the same senses ...
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