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INTRODUCTION
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included in this study does not appear in the recon-
structed text of the six versions, the text in which it is
found has been referred to. In the second paragraph of
the footnotes other sources, such as the epics, Purāņa-s,
kathā or kavya literature, as well as the main Subhāṣita-
samgraha-s in which the respective maxim could be
traced have also been given. Obviously, this enumera-
tion of other sources is not exhaustive. This is followed.
by variants of the maxim. In some cases, after these
variants some special remarks as to the authenticity
of the respective maxim or the metre (only metres.
other than anuştubh śloka) have been mentioned.
ANALYSIS OF THE TEXT
1
20. The analysis of the maxims used in this text
shows that two hundred and seventy-six stanzas of
various collections of Cāṇakya maxims have a rāja-nīti
background, most of which are found in the Cāṇakya-
rāja-nīti-śāstra version (CR), namely one hundred and
thirty-two; ¹ thirty-four of them are not found in the
reconstructed text of the CR version but only in some
texts of this version. Almost the whole of the fourth
and fifth adhyāya-s of the CR version deal with matters
connected with raja-niti, while not a single stanza
of the sixth adhyāya of CR is connected with rāja-nīti.
The second most important version which deals.
with raja-niti is the Cāṇakya-sāra-samgraha (CS)
1 This figure contains fourteen maxims found only in some
MSS. of the CR version.
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included in this study does not appear in the recon-
structed text of the six versions, the text in which it is
found has been referred to. In the second paragraph of
the footnotes other sources, such as the epics, Purāņa-s,
kathā or kavya literature, as well as the main Subhāṣita-
samgraha-s in which the respective maxim could be
traced have also been given. Obviously, this enumera-
tion of other sources is not exhaustive. This is followed.
by variants of the maxim. In some cases, after these
variants some special remarks as to the authenticity
of the respective maxim or the metre (only metres.
other than anuştubh śloka) have been mentioned.
ANALYSIS OF THE TEXT
1
20. The analysis of the maxims used in this text
shows that two hundred and seventy-six stanzas of
various collections of Cāṇakya maxims have a rāja-nīti
background, most of which are found in the Cāṇakya-
rāja-nīti-śāstra version (CR), namely one hundred and
thirty-two; ¹ thirty-four of them are not found in the
reconstructed text of the CR version but only in some
texts of this version. Almost the whole of the fourth
and fifth adhyāya-s of the CR version deal with matters
connected with raja-niti, while not a single stanza
of the sixth adhyāya of CR is connected with rāja-nīti.
The second most important version which deals.
with raja-niti is the Cāṇakya-sāra-samgraha (CS)
1 This figure contains fourteen maxims found only in some
MSS. of the CR version.