The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c11.s1.t4.6

c11.s1.t4.6

Jacobi's own argument is as follows: The *Arthaśāstra* mentions authorities 114 times. It is unthinkable, says he, that the opponents of Kauṭalya should have been called *āchāryas* by the school to whom Kauṭalya was the only *āchārya*. On the other hand, the very fact that disagreements are so often referred to is alleged to indicate the authorship by an individual of extremely critical tendency. It is clear, however, that Jacobi did not present a front attack to the problem involved in *iti Kauṭilyah*.