Daṇḍin

501–

A Sanskrit grammarian and author of prose romances, famously celebrated for his "Padalalitya" (fluidity and beauty of words).

writer · poet

Born in South India

Contemporaries

People who walked the earth at the same time as Daṇḍin:

Justinian I (482–565)
Gregory I (540–604)
Aryabhata (476–550)
Benedict of Nursia (480–547)
Boethius (480–524)
Khadija bint Khuwaylid (557–619)
Muhammad (571–632)
Abu Bakr (573–634)

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