DANDIN (fl. 6th century A.D.), Sanskrit author and court poet of Sudraka. He wrote the Kavyddarsa, a manual of poetics (Sanskrit text and Eng. trans. by S. K. Belvalkar, 1924;), and Dasakumdracharitts or "adven tures of the ten princes" portray ing low-class city life (latest Sanskrit and English edition pub lished at Bombay, 1919).