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Introduction
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TRfa I A. VIII, I.
^nrm^nrqjjCTTHT^: fa-
^f<rT^ftnnyr^nf-^ |
M. R. Act IV, p, 103
(ed. Hillebrandt).
M. R. Act IV, p. 112.
of old authorities on polity etc., might be added to the
passages quoted by Mr. Shamasastri as comparable
with the A. In chapter vm, Dandin quotes a verse
of Canakya which helps to correct a faulty reading in
the A. (V, 4, 20).
Kalidasa, the famous poet (5th. cent.), is no doubt
indebted to the A. for some characteristic texts and
expressions, both in his two epics and in the drama
Sakuntala,, The passage in the Sakuntala on the ad-
vantages of hunting will be found to agree even more
closely with the A. (vm, 3) in the present work than
in the Mysore edition.
Of other Sanskrit dramas quoting from the A. we
may mention Bhavabhuti’s Mahaviracarita, 4th act
(700 A. D.):—
or^fa vRqfa
I I A. VII, 5.
and particularly Visakhadatta’s Mudraraksasa1 (5th
cent. ?). No one reading that political drama can fail
to be struck with its numerous coincidences with the
A. not only in the name of K., its leading character,
and in the stratagems and diplomatic methods employ-
ed by him such as spies unacquainted with each other,
poisoners, secret agents in various disguises, magic
practices: but also in the use of all the principal terms
of Polity. Some direct quotations from the A. may
also be noted: —
A.V, 4.
1 Hillebrandt, Niti u. Midararaksasa, p. 13-25.
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TRfa I A. VIII, I.
^nrm^nrqjjCTTHT^: fa-
^f<rT^ftnnyr^nf-^ |
M. R. Act IV, p, 103
(ed. Hillebrandt).
M. R. Act IV, p. 112.
of old authorities on polity etc., might be added to the
passages quoted by Mr. Shamasastri as comparable
with the A. In chapter vm, Dandin quotes a verse
of Canakya which helps to correct a faulty reading in
the A. (V, 4, 20).
Kalidasa, the famous poet (5th. cent.), is no doubt
indebted to the A. for some characteristic texts and
expressions, both in his two epics and in the drama
Sakuntala,, The passage in the Sakuntala on the ad-
vantages of hunting will be found to agree even more
closely with the A. (vm, 3) in the present work than
in the Mysore edition.
Of other Sanskrit dramas quoting from the A. we
may mention Bhavabhuti’s Mahaviracarita, 4th act
(700 A. D.):—
or^fa vRqfa
I I A. VII, 5.
and particularly Visakhadatta’s Mudraraksasa1 (5th
cent. ?). No one reading that political drama can fail
to be struck with its numerous coincidences with the
A. not only in the name of K., its leading character,
and in the stratagems and diplomatic methods employ-
ed by him such as spies unacquainted with each other,
poisoners, secret agents in various disguises, magic
practices: but also in the use of all the principal terms
of Polity. Some direct quotations from the A. may
also be noted: —
A.V, 4.
1 Hillebrandt, Niti u. Midararaksasa, p. 13-25.