# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vishnu-sharma
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:28:56.340Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vishnu-sharma"
name: "Vishnu Sharma"
slug: "vishnu-sharma"
description: "Vishnu Sharma was an Indian scholar and author who wrote the Panchatantra, a collection of fables. In the west, he has often been called \"Pilpay\" or \"Bidpay\", meaning \"court scholar\" in Sanskrit."
tagline: "Indian writer 3 c. BCE"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The_Brahman_Bidpai_(in_a_conversation_with_the_Raja_of_India)._BNF_Persan_376%2C_folio_82v.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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livingStatus: "UNKNOWN"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump