Serendipity

• Serendipity is from the name Serendib, which is the Old Arab and Old Persian name for Sri Lanka.
• Serndib is derived from the Sanskrit word for Sri Lanka which translates as ‘Dwelling place of Lion’s Island’.

Horace Walpole

• In 1754 the English writer Horace Walpole wrote a version of the Persian Fairy Tale called ‘The Three Princes of Serendib’ in which he invented the word ‘Serendipity’ meaning a ‘pleasant surprise’.