Raja Bhartrihari, राजा भार्तिहारी

 Raja Bhartrihari, राजा भार्तिहारी

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Raajaa Bhartrihari
See also    Introduction to Vaitaal Stories 2-2;     Bhartrihari's Teachings
A similar story appears in Tripur Rahasya also - Story of a Handsome Prince

(660-740 AD) A philosopher, law-giver, poet and grammarian. His most famous works are "Neeti Shatak", "Shringaar Shatak", and "Vairaagya Shatak" - each consisting of 100 verses on the topics of moral conduct, pleasures of the senses, and renunciation. "Shringaar Shatak" has been written from the point of view of males where the woman is at once the joy of life and the source of sorrow. She can be the best guide in virtue and can take a man to worst evils. Still he says that life of a man without a woman is empty. "Neeti Shatak" is a marvel of great aphorisms on righteous conduct and many of the aphorisms are, even today, the best statements ever made to guide human beings into right conduct. "Vairaagya Shatak" is a complete turn-about from his "Shringaar Shatak" where he says that the pleasure of flesh is meaningless.
[Aangiras, p 260-261]