[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c7.1955 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.1955 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.1955 - **Language:** English ### [c7.1955](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1955) 1) General information. One of the ministers of Dhṛtarāṣṭra. He was a brahmin well-learned in Kūṭanīti (Diplomacy). The bad advice he gave to Dhṛtarāṣṭra became well-known as “Kaṇika’s Kūṭanīti”. - [Previous: c7.1954](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1954) - [Next: c7.1956](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1956) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1955](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1955) · Pramāṇa