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語源

From Sanskrit [Term?], possibly a corruption of विद्यापति (vidyāpati, “Vidyapati”, literally “knowledge-lord”).

発音

• IPA: /ˈbɪdpaɪ/

固有名詞

Bidpai

1. (India) A wise philosopher in traditional fables.
   • 1938, Ollie Depew, Children's Literature by Grades and Types, page 31:

     Another name made to stand sponsor for fables was Bidpai, said to have been an Oriental philosopher.

   • 1999, Rāya Kr̥shṇadāsa (Edward B Eastwick), Anwar-e-Suhaili: Iyar-i-Danish, page 56:

     Whereupon Bidpai said, 'There is no coin more precious than true friendship: When two hearts united giving each other's inclinations precedence over their own, they are able to face any odds and repulse any foe.'

   • 2010, Salma Khadra Jayyusi, Classical Arabic Stories: An Anthology, →ISBN, page 22:

     Kalila and Dimna is based on the answers allegedly given to Dabshalim, a king of India, by his vizier, a Brahman philosopher called Bidpai, in the form of fables in which animals act and speak and furnish subtle allusions to human life and experience.

   • 2013, Pierre Joris, Habib Tengour, Poems for the Millennium, Volume Four, →ISBN:

     And Bidpai said: the thieves have stormed across the harbor mole, they've broken the ship's mast and plundered its precious cargo, the captain is still searching through the alleys for his old telescope.