[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Foreign](https://indike.org/pramana/inf) › [Islamic world](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl) › [Arabic](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar) › [Narrative and wisdom books adapted from India](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.qissa) › كتاب شاناق في السموم والترياق # كتاب شاناق في السموم والترياق The Book of Poisons of Shānāq Toxicology in five maqālas ascribed to the Indian sage Shānāq (Cāṇakya), translated through Persian into Arabic; on poisons and antidotes, the protection of kings and the poisoned maiden. - **Language:** Arabic - **Date:** 800–833 CE - **Authors:** [Manka al-Hindī](https://indike.org/pramana/person/manka), [Abū Ḥātim al-Balkhī](https://indike.org/pramana/person/abu-hatim-balkhi), [al-ʿAbbās b. Saʿīd al-Jawharī](https://indike.org/pramana/person/abbas-jawhari) - **Text:** not yet digitised (catalogue entry) ## Parallel to - [Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.qissa.shanaq-sumum](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.qissa.shanaq-sumum) · Pramāṇa