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CĀŅAKYA-RĀJA-NĪTI
by means of his mantraśakti and utsāhaśakti, brought the
entire earth under the thorough control of Candra-
gupta. Salutation to that wisest of counsellors who
collated the nectar-like Nītiśāstra-s from the mighty
ocean of the Arthaśāstra-s.¹
5. Later, authors on niti and kathā literature:
repeatedly cited Canakya's or Kautilya's name in
connection with his mastery of the science of polity, as.
also did the Pañcatantra (Tantrākhyāyikā), Daṇḍin in.
his Daśakumaracarita, and the Purāṇa-s. He was.
also mentioned in other works, such as Bāṇa's Kādambarī,
Hemacandra's Parisistaparvan, Varahamihira's Brhat-
samhitä, Somadeva's Nītivākyāmṛta, the Kathasaritsagara,
and the Canakyakathā, by Kşemendra and by many
other ancient Indian authors. Cāṇakya was univer-
sally looked upon as one of the greatest authorities.
on the science of polity,4 morals and ethics 5 and.
even as an author on medicine.6
COLLECTIONS OF MAXIMS, THEIR CONTENTS AND
AUTHORSHIP
6. In saluting Cāṇakya as the wise and celebrated.
author who had extracted from the ocean of Arthaśāstra
1 KN 1. 4-8, M. N. Dutt's translation.
2 N. C. Banerjee, op. cit., p. 4.
3 F. E. Pargiter, The Purana Text of the Dynasties of the Kali
Age, Oxford, 1913, pp. 69-70; Visnu-puraṇa, ed. by Jivananda,
Calcutta, 1882, 4.24.4-7.
4 Not only in Kautilya's Arthaśāstra but also in his sūtra-s on.
Indian polity.
5 N. C. Banerjee, op. cit., p. 6. 6 Probably of the Vaidyajivana.
CĀŅAKYA-RĀJA-NĪTI
by means of his mantraśakti and utsāhaśakti, brought the
entire earth under the thorough control of Candra-
gupta. Salutation to that wisest of counsellors who
collated the nectar-like Nītiśāstra-s from the mighty
ocean of the Arthaśāstra-s.¹
5. Later, authors on niti and kathā literature:
repeatedly cited Canakya's or Kautilya's name in
connection with his mastery of the science of polity, as.
also did the Pañcatantra (Tantrākhyāyikā), Daṇḍin in.
his Daśakumaracarita, and the Purāṇa-s. He was.
also mentioned in other works, such as Bāṇa's Kādambarī,
Hemacandra's Parisistaparvan, Varahamihira's Brhat-
samhitä, Somadeva's Nītivākyāmṛta, the Kathasaritsagara,
and the Canakyakathā, by Kşemendra and by many
other ancient Indian authors. Cāṇakya was univer-
sally looked upon as one of the greatest authorities.
on the science of polity,4 morals and ethics 5 and.
even as an author on medicine.6
COLLECTIONS OF MAXIMS, THEIR CONTENTS AND
AUTHORSHIP
6. In saluting Cāṇakya as the wise and celebrated.
author who had extracted from the ocean of Arthaśāstra
1 KN 1. 4-8, M. N. Dutt's translation.
2 N. C. Banerjee, op. cit., p. 4.
3 F. E. Pargiter, The Purana Text of the Dynasties of the Kali
Age, Oxford, 1913, pp. 69-70; Visnu-puraṇa, ed. by Jivananda,
Calcutta, 1882, 4.24.4-7.
4 Not only in Kautilya's Arthaśāstra but also in his sūtra-s on.
Indian polity.
5 N. C. Banerjee, op. cit., p. 6. 6 Probably of the Vaidyajivana.