# Bidpai — Indian Fairy Tales character guide

> Bidpai in Indian Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the Bidpai, Bidpai A Brahmin

**First appearance:** 0032-notes-and-references

## Who they are

A legendary Indian sage and storyteller.

## In the story

### [A Lac of Rupees for a Bit of Advice](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/indian_fairy_tales_se/chapters/a-lac-of-rupees-for-a-bit-of-advice)

The poor blind Brahman who becomes caretaker of the golden temple and writes the three pieces of advice.

### [Pride Goeth Before a Fall](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/indian_fairy_tales_se/chapters/pride-goeth-before-a-fall)

The clever leader among the ten merchants who devises the plan to overcome the robbers using secret trade language.

### [How the Wicked Sons Were Duped](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/indian_fairy_tales_se/chapters/how-the-wicked-sons-were-duped)

The friend who devises the plan to trick the sons into being kind.

### [Notes and References](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/indian_fairy_tales_se/chapters/notes-and-references)

Associated with the Bidpai literature (Pantschatantra), a key source for the spread of Indian beast-tales and drolls to Europe.

### [The Broken Pot](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/indian_fairy_tales_se/chapters/v-the-broken-pot)

Referenced as the source of the fables that traveled from India to Europe.

### [VII: The Cruel Crane Outwitted](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/indian_fairy_tales_se/chapters/vii-the-cruel-crane-outwitted)

The Bidpai literature is referenced as the vehicle through which the tale spread.

### [The Tiger, the Brahman, and the Jackal](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/indian_fairy_tales_se/chapters/ix-the-tiger-the-brahman-and-the-jackal)

The Brahman who is tricked into releasing the tiger and later saved by the jackal.

### [XV: The Gold-Giving Serpent](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/indian_fairy_tales_se/chapters/xv-the-gold-giving-serpent)

The Brahmin who offers milk to the snake and receives gold, then loses his son to the snake's bite.

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