Syntipas
Sign in to saveAlso known as Sintipas, Sendebar, Sindibad, Sandbad, Sendabar, Çendubete, Siddhapati, Sintipes
thumb|upright=0.85|Title page of the Latin edition of The Fables of Syntipas, 1781 Syntipas is the purported author of the Seven Wise Masters, a cycle of stories of Indian and Persian origin popular in medieval literature. He first appears in Arabic renditions as an Indian philosopher who lived around 100 BC.
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- India
- Occupation
- philosopher
- Notable work
- Seven Wise Masters
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thumb|upright=0.85|Title page of the Latin edition of The Fables of Syntipas, 1781 Syntipas is the purported author of the Seven Wise Masters, a cycle of stories of Indian and Persian origin popular in medieval literature. He first appears in Arabic renditions as an Indian philosopher who lived around 100 BC.
Due to the popularity of Seven Wise Masters, he was also credited with a collection of Greek-derived fables in medieval times.
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