भर्तृहरिकृतं नीतिशतकम् - BHARTRUHARIN'S NITI-SATAKAM

 

‘Bat-Rhir:’ lived in the first half of the 7^th century. The Chinese traveller I’tsing has recorded his death as having occurred in 651AD. ‘Bat-Rhir:’ was a versatile writer who had contributed to a very large variety of subjects like grammar, philosophy, ethics and poetic art. The tradition called ‘Bat-Rhir:’, a king who doted very much on his wife and later regretted after learning the infidelity of his wife. He has written 3 lyrics all consisting of 100 verses. They are ‘naIitSatkma\’ (Neetisatakam) ‘EaR=\gaarSatkma\’ (Sringarasatakam)      ‘vaOragyaSatkma\’ (Vairagyasatakam).  The ‘नीतिशतकम्’ is a didactic lyric in 100 stanzas.  As a literary piece, नीतिशतकं stands as the most prominent among other works of the same category.  The verses express lofty ideas well illustrated and adorned with appropriate figures of speech.