The Political Institutions and Theories of the Hindus: A Study in Comparative Politics c15.71

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c15.71

⁵ Ch. I, lines 751—752; *cf.* Kâmandaka’s Confucian dictum in regard to the importance of the people (XIV, 15). The *Great Learning* says: “By gaining the people the kingdom is gained, and by losing the people the kingdom is lost” (Chang’s Commentary, Ch. X).

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Kāmandakīya Nītisāra — Kāmandaki, Sanskrit