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INTRODUCTION
 

 
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The Laghu Cāṇakya version (CL) contains only

a small number of maxims dealing with raja-nīti,

namely fifteen.
 

 
21. The following table gives a better picture for

the analysis of the maxims and aphorisms included.

in this study. The figures in italics denote that the
maxim included in this study is found only in some

maxim included in this study is found only in some
texts of the appropriate version; x denotes that the

maxim is found only in some texts but not in the

reconstructed text of that version; Crn denotes the

number of maxims found in the second part of the

present study. Whenever there is no space available

in the table for denoting the various individual texts

in which the maxim is found, it is enumerated

in the footnotes to the table.