The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c13.s3.t6.4

c13.s3.t6.4

The *Mānasollāsa* is described by the author as a *śāstram viśvopakārakam*, i.e., a science calculated to promote the welfare of the world (*śloka* 9). It is, besides, a *śikṣakaḥ sarvavastūnām* (teacher of all topics) and a *jagadāchāryapustakaḥ* (book for teaching the world). The encyclopaedic scope and the ambitious range of the contents are apparent from these short descriptions.