Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jataka Stories c4.t5.48
Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jātaka Stories c4.t5.48
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c4.t5.48
The Vidhura Paṇḍita Jātaka⁵ embodies in many a gāthā a remarkable exposition on the qualities and requisites essential for the attainment of success and pre-eminence in the King's Court (rājavasati). A grand and minute perception of the court life, with all its good and evil, is revealed here in a marked manner. We cannot resist the temptation of reproducing these maxims, even though in a summary form,—maxims which would be found as sound, practical and weighty as can be found in any other ancient authority such as, for instance, Kauṭilya. Here then is a practical advice for a man aspiring to the King's court:⁶