Theory of Government in Ancient India (Post-Vedic) c11.s1.17

c11.s1.17

The Lalitavistara, one of the most sacred of Mahāyāna texts, a work in Sanskrit prose and mixed Sanskrit verse, which has had many Chinese, Tibetan, and Burmese versions, gives the life of Buddha and frequently refers to royal affairs. but it is content, to repeat, in a fragmentary way, the political wisdom of its predecessors.³