Theory of Government in Ancient India (Post-Vedic) c11.s5.28

c11.s5.28

The only other Niti writer to whom reference need be made bears the name of Vaiśampāyana. His Nitiprakāśikā is interesting but contains little that is new.² Several Purāṇas contain passages which read like excerpts from Nitiśāstras.³ A good deal of Niti instruction is embodied in small poetic pieces and yet more abundantly in story books after the Buddhist fashion, but these compositions properly belong to the class of general literature and should be reviewed along with it.