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CĀŅAKYA-RĀJA-NĪTI
version with ninety-six stanzas,¹ or almost one-third
of the whole version.2 Nearly all stanzas of the first
śataka between 52 and 76, in the second śataka between
1 and 32, and in the third śataka between 49 and
69 deal with raja-niti.
The Vṛddha Cāṇakya, textus ornatior (CV) and
the Vṛddha Cāṇakya, textus simplicior (Cv) contain
seventy-one and fifty-five maxims respectively dealing
with raja-niti; 3 they are found in the first adhyaya of
the CV and Cv versions, in the fourth and fifth
adhyaya-s of the Cv version and the sixth adhyāya of the
CV version. Since both these versions are interrelated
only one table for both these versions has been
prepared.4
In the reconstructed Canakya-nīti-śāstra version.
(CN), we find forty-two maxims dealing with raja-nīti;
this number is relatively high, since this version is an
astottarasata (i.e. contains 108 stanzas). In addition
eighty-four maxims of rājaniti character are found in
some texts which belong mostly to the longer texts of
the CN version. These texts are not representative
of genuine' Cāṇakya aphorisms.5
1 This figure contains one maxim found only in one MS. of
the CS version.
2 This version is composed of three śataka-s.
3 These figures contain one and ten maxims respectively found
in some MSS. only of the CV and Cv versions; two and three
maxims respectively are not found in the reconstructed texts of
the CV and Cv versions.
4 See Analytical Table below.
5 cf. Introduction to CN.
CĀŅAKYA-RĀJA-NĪTI
version with ninety-six stanzas,¹ or almost one-third
of the whole version.2 Nearly all stanzas of the first
śataka between 52 and 76, in the second śataka between
1 and 32, and in the third śataka between 49 and
69 deal with raja-niti.
The Vṛddha Cāṇakya, textus ornatior (CV) and
the Vṛddha Cāṇakya, textus simplicior (Cv) contain
seventy-one and fifty-five maxims respectively dealing
with raja-niti; 3 they are found in the first adhyaya of
the CV and Cv versions, in the fourth and fifth
adhyaya-s of the Cv version and the sixth adhyāya of the
CV version. Since both these versions are interrelated
only one table for both these versions has been
prepared.4
In the reconstructed Canakya-nīti-śāstra version.
(CN), we find forty-two maxims dealing with raja-nīti;
this number is relatively high, since this version is an
astottarasata (i.e. contains 108 stanzas). In addition
eighty-four maxims of rājaniti character are found in
some texts which belong mostly to the longer texts of
the CN version. These texts are not representative
of genuine' Cāṇakya aphorisms.5
1 This figure contains one maxim found only in one MS. of
the CS version.
2 This version is composed of three śataka-s.
3 These figures contain one and ten maxims respectively found
in some MSS. only of the CV and Cv versions; two and three
maxims respectively are not found in the reconstructed texts of
the CV and Cv versions.
4 See Analytical Table below.
5 cf. Introduction to CN.