Theory of Government in Ancient India (Post-Vedic) c8.s4.20

c8.s4.20

Śānti-parva, Sec. 80, Ślokas, 25–7. The sages mentioned in this connection, as elsewhere in Kauṭalya, figure in the Mahābhārata and can be identified with some well-known personages. Viśālākṣa is the god Śiva, author of the Vaiśālākṣa abridgment of Brahman's treatise. Piśuna is Nārada; Kauṇapadanta is Bhīṣma; the son of Bāhudanti is Indra; Bhāradvāja is probably Kaṇika (or Kaṇinka).