is the name of an ancient fabulist, a Bramin; he was, as is supposed,
is the name of an ancient fabulist, a Bramin;
he was, as is supposed, governor of part of Indostan, and
counsellor to a powerful Indian king, named Dabschclin,
whose preceptor he had been. His work is said to have been
written 2000 years B. C. but all internal evidence is against
this. It is called in the Indian language, Kelile Wadimne,
a name the Orientals give to an animal very much resembling a fox, and which is made to speak throughout the
work. All the modern translations of this Orientalist, are
made either from the Greek or the Persian, and are said
to differ much from the original. His fables were translated into French, by Ant. Galland, 1714, 12mo. Another
work is also attributed to him, entitled, in the translation,
“Le Naufrage des isles flotantes,
” or, “The Basiliade,
”