Bhartruhari Subhashitalu Bhartruhari Subhashitalu in Telugu (also known as Subhashita Trishati) is a renowned collection of Sanskrit aphorisms composed by the ancient poet and philosopher Bhartruhari. Bhartruhari was a seminal 5th-to-7th century Indian philosopher, grammarian, and Sanskrit poet whose intellectual contributions heavily shaped ancient Indian thought. He is unique in history for excelling simultaneously in strict linguistic philosophy and deeply emotional, relat