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# Ushanas (Shukra) (Uśanas (Śukra))

Preceptor of the asuras; eponym of the Auśanasa school of polity, the Śukranīti and the Auśanasasmṛti.

## Works (3)

- [Polity of Uśanas (Śukra) (Auśanasa Arthaśāstra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.ausanasa) — Sanskrit; 150 BCE; lost
- [Aushanasasmriti (Auśanasasmṛti)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.usanas) — Sanskrit; 800 CE
- [The Polity of Śukra (Śukranīti)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.sukraniti) — Sanskrit; 1835 CE

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