the śatakatraya (, "the three "śataka"s", also known in southern india sometimes as सुभाषित त्रिशति telugu: సుభాషిత త్రిశతి iast: "subhāṣita triśati ,""the three hundred poems of moral values") refers to three indian collections of sanskrit poetry, containing a hundred verses each. the three "śataka"s, or "centuries", are known as the "nītiśataka", "śṛṅgāraśataka", and "vairāgyaśataka", and are attributed to bhartṛhari.