Indian Proverb

“Indian Proverb” is a generic attribution used for traditional sayings that originate in the diverse oral and written folk traditions of the Indian subcontinent rather than from a single identifiable author. Such proverbs have typically been passed down across generations in many languages, including Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi, and others, and they often appear in multiple regional variants. Because they circulate through everyday speech, storytelling, and community teaching, their earliest sources are frequently difficult to trace or verify. In quotation collections, the label signals anonymous, communal authorship and a cultural origin in India, not a specific historical writer or text.