History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c62.495

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This subject of making friends leads on to the well-known theory of maṇḍala i. e. of inter-state relationship. Kauṭ. VI. 2 and VII, Manu VII. 154–211, Āśramavāsiparva 6–7, Yāj. I. 345–348, Kām. VIII–XI, Agnipurāṇa 233 and 240, Viṣṇudharmottara II. 145–150, Nītivākyāmṛta pp. 317–343, Rājanītiprakāśa pp. 316–330, Nītimayūkha pp. 44–46 deal with this theory of maṇḍala and the six *guṇas* at great length. As the Kauṭilīya is probably the earliest of these and contains the most elaborate treatment of the subject, a brief outline from it is presented here. The Nītivākyāmṛta (pp. 311–313) copies the very words of Kauṭilya.