Dandin (Daṇḍin)

(Language: Sanskrit)

Short Description: Sri Dandin was an author from Kānci and who lived during the reign of the Pallava king Narasimhavarman I (630-668)

Long Description: Sri Dandin was an author from Kānci and who lived during the reign of the Pallava king Narasimhavarman I (630-668). He was a junior contemporary of Bāna and is remembered today for his picaresque propose romance Daśakumāracaritam and Kāvyādarśa, a work on poetics