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Hindu and Westerner

Aupmanyav

Aupmanyav

Be your own guru
the Hitopadesha, translated by Sir Edwin Arnold
The Hitopadeśa - Google Books
The Second, Third, and Fourth Books of the Hitopadeśa: Containing the ... - Friedrich Max Müller - Google Books
"Friendly Advice" by N_r_ya_a and "King Vikrama's Adventures" - Nārāyaṇa, Judit Törzsök - Google Books

Panchatantra, Hitopadesha, etc. were compulsory reading in old times at the junior level for many reasons: 1. Interesting. 2. Imparting wise counsel. 3. Making the student strong in language. 4. Increasing memory because good verses with advice were supposed to be memorized.
 
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