A History of Sanskrit Literature c31.s4.4

c31.s4.4

‘The archer’s arrow may slay one, or it may not; the cunning of the wise can slay foes ere they are even born.’ The *Kāmandakīya* is written in easy verses, and not only is it divided into cantos like an epic, but its commentator ascribes to it the character of a great Kāvya.² The praise is naturally not deserved, and, since the discovery of its original, its importance, not very great, is much diminished.