Theory of Government in Ancient India (Post-Vedic) c13.s1.23

c13.s1.23

The theme changes in another remarkable work of Kṣemendra called Bodhisattvāvadāna Kalpalatā.⁴ Here numerous Buddhist Jātaka and Avadāna tales are epitomized. It is significant of the commingling of Brāhmaṇical and Buddhist streams of culture that the same writer could try his hand on the epics and Buddhist tales with the same amount of success. In the Kalpalatā, political reflections are few and far between and can hardly be distinguished from Brāhmaṇical ideas.