[Footnote 8: Buzurg Mihir may be considered, in his
character and station, as the Seneca of the East; but his
virtues, and perhaps his faults, are less known than those
of the Roman, who appears to have been much more loquacious.
The Persian sage was the person who imported from India the
game of chess and the fables of Pilpay. Such has been the
fame of his wisdom and virtues, that the Christians claim
him as a believer in the gospel; and the Mahometans revere
Buzurg as a premature Mussulman. D'Herbelot, Bibliotheque
Orientale, p. 218.]