A History of Hindu Political Theories from the Earliest Times to the End of the First Quarter of the Seventeenth Century A.D. c12.s2.9
A History of Hindu Political Theories from the Earliest Times to the End of the First Quarter of the Seventeenth Century A.D. c12.s2.9
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c12.s2.9
In the same context we are told that Nītiśāstra is the source of livelihood of all persons (sarvopajīvakam) and maintains the established usage of the people (lokasthitikrit). In accordance with this conception of the science we find the author devoting a separate chapter of his work¹ to the subject of general (sādhāraṇa) Nītiśāstra which is conceived by him to be applicable to all persons. In this chapter he gives a list of moral maxims and rules of good conduct which he declares at its end² to pertain to the king as well as the subjects.