Dear Ram-Prasad,

I don't know if it's the first usage, but Kabir uses the image in KG pad 191.

Best wishes,

Shankar Nair

Assistant Professor

Department of Religious Studies and

Middle Eastern & South Asian Languages & Cultures

University of Virginia

363 Gibson Hall

1550 Jefferson Park Avenue

Charlottesville, VA 22903

On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 5:48 PM, Ram-Prasad, Chakravarthi <c.ram-prasad@lancaster.ac.uk> wrote:

Hello,
Can anyone please give the/a reference for the saying which goes roughly that pandits knowing sacred texts are like donkeys carrying sandalwood?
Thanks
Ram-Prasad

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