Vishnu Sharma

Vishnu Sharma
Native name
विष्णुशर्मन् / विष्णुशर्मा
Bornc. 4th–6th centuries BCE
Occupation
  • writer
  • teacher
  • scholar
LanguageSanskrit
GenreFable
Notable worksPanchatantra
A page from Kelileh o Demneh dated 1429, from Herat, a Persian translation of the Panchatantra derived from the Arabic version – Kalila wa Dimna – depicts the manipulative jackal-vizier, Dimna, trying to lead his lion-king into war.

Vishnu Sharma (Sanskrit: विष्णुशर्मन् / विष्णुशर्मा) was an Indian scholar and author who wrote the Panchatantra, a collection of fables.[1]

  1. ^ Santhini Govindan (2007), 71 Golden Tales of Panchatantra, Unicorn Books, 2007, ISBN 9788178060866, ... 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 ...