Page 2 - Viṣṇu Śarmā

Famed as the

author of the

Pañcatantra

The hugely popular collection of tales, mostly animal

fables, composed in prose and poetry, titled

Pañcatantra. This work has had an unprecedented

impact on early scholars as it travelled to Persia,

Arabia, Greece, Italy, Germany and other parts of

Europe. Through its various cross-border adaptations

and translations as it travelled orally, the Pañcatantra

has had a profound influence on world literature and

remains to date the most popular work of literature

among storytellers.

Many scholars suggest Kashmir as the

birthplace of Viṣṇu Śarmā.