[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Hindu Administrative Institutions](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929) › c6.6 # Hindu Administrative Institutions c6.6 Hindu Administrative Institutions c6.6 - **Language:** English ### [c6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c6.6) This statement is further interesting as it helps to refute the remark of Dr. Jolly who says (Introduction, p. 4) that \*Ānvīkṣikī\* philosophy includes the materialistic system of \*Lōkāyata\* in the \*Arthaśāstra\* of Kauṭalya in which wealth (\*artha\*) and pleasure (\*kāma\*) are the only objects of human pursuit. According to \*Amarakāra Ānvīkṣikī\* is \*Tarkavidyā\* or the science of logic. This latter is also known as \*Nyāya Śāstra\* and \*Hētu Vidyā\*. Cf. Commentary on verse 47, ch. clxxx of \*Mōkṣadharma Parvan\* (Mbh., Śānti Parvan). - [Previous: c6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c6.5) - [Next: c6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c6.7) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c6) ## Linked texts (2) - [Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya) — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c6.6) · Pramāṇa