The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c14.58

Language: English

c14.58

For references to Kauṭalya in Hindu Literature, Kāmandaka, I, 4–7, Daṇḍin, Daśakumāracarita, II, 8 and other works cited by Shamasastry, Gaṇapati Śāstri and Jolly in their introductions to the editions of the Arthaśāstra the Jaina Nandisūtra placed the Kauṭilīya among the false sciences though about the 10th century A.D. the Jaina author Samadeva Sūri borrowed the material of his Nītivākyāmṛta from Kauṭalya.

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Linked texts (4)

Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit
Daśakumāracarita — Daṇḍin, Sanskrit
Nandī — Devavācaka, Ardhamāgadhī Prakrit
Nītivākyāmṛta — Somadevasūri, Sanskrit