Vetala Bhatta
Vetala Bhatta was a Sanskrit author from ancient India. He is known to have written the sixteen stanza "Niti-pradeepa" (Niti-pradīpa, literally, the lamp of conduct). He is included among the legendary Navaratnas (group of nine scholars) of Chandragupta II's court.
Vetala Bhatta
- Occupation
- poet
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
Vetala Bhatta was a Sanskrit author from ancient India. He is known to have written the sixteen stanza "Niti-pradeepa" (Niti-pradīpa, literally, the lamp of conduct). He is included among the legendary Navaratnas (group of nine scholars) of Chandragupta II's court.
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Vetala Bhatta. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q7923549 · wikipedia · Vetala Bhatta
In this article
Biography
Some historians have also mentioned him as the magician of Chandra Gupta’s court. There are also many legends about him told as a stories of Vikram-Vetal. (Vikram here is referred to Chandra Gupta II as he was titled Vikramaditya).
Vetala Bhatta is a poet.
Primary material
Documents and archives
reference work
- “Vetala Bhatta”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
authority record
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q7923549: Vetala Bhatta
General reference · Wikidata
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Secondary witnessauthority record
General reference
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 18 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Books
38,661 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Veselin GataloAuthor
- Veselin MaslešaAuthor
- Vesna GoldsworthyAuthor
- Vesna ParunAuthor
- Veton SurroiAuthor
- Vettius ValensAuthor
- Veturi Sundararama MurthyAuthor
- Vexi SalmiAuthor
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Vetala Bhatta?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.