Hitopade'sa (lit. 'salutary counsel'), a famous collection of fables and stories in Sanskrit literature, usually ascribed to the compilation of the Brâhman Vishnusarman. It is a popular summary in four books of the larger work, the famous Pau-chatantra, which directly and indirectly has been the source whence a rich stream of folk-tales has flowed westwards over Europe. An edition of the text, with an English translation, was published by F. Johnson in 1864; a French translation by E. Lancereau in 1882.
Hitopade'sa
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 5: Friday to Humanitarians, p. 724
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