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10 Kautilya Arthasdstra
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M. R. Act VII, p. 196.
The versified exhortation to soldiers in a battle,
which the A. (X, 3) has in common with Bhasa, the
earliest dramatic poet of India (3rd cent. A. D.), is
introduced as a quotation in the former work, so that
K. may be supposed to have been the borrower in
this instance and not the dramatist.1 2
The mutual relations between the A. and Jaina
literature are unmistakable. Thus Somadevasuri, a
Jaina writer of the 10th cent., has in his Nftivakyamrta
closely followed the A. The Nandisutta and Anuoga-
dvara, Jaina, canonical books of uncertain date, refer
to the Kautiliyam and to Canakya. There are other
works on Rajaniti composed by Jainas besides the
Nitivakyamrta, such as Hemacandra’s Arhanniti, an
interesting book not based on the A., and the Jaina
versions of the Paficatantra. The A., on the other
hand, shows an acquaintance with the old Jaina tales
(see Notes on V, 5); it mentions the names of several
Jaina deities (II, 4); and it makes use of certain
technical terms recurring in Jaina works, as pointed
out by Mr. Shamasastri and Professor Jacobi.3 Cana-
kya himself, according to Hemachandra, was of Jaina
origin, favoured Jaina teachers, and in his old age tried
1 Ganapati SaStri, Svapnav., XXVIII.
2 ZDMG. LXXIV, 254 foil.
fosr 5[s4 sr^r-
?n£5*ni i A. I, 5. cfltfufa frg^[^rr% qg
sn%ur 1 sr^irer 5
fW^^TXfq WW
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M. R. Act VII, p. 196.
The versified exhortation to soldiers in a battle,
which the A. (X, 3) has in common with Bhasa, the
earliest dramatic poet of India (3rd cent. A. D.), is
introduced as a quotation in the former work, so that
K. may be supposed to have been the borrower in
this instance and not the dramatist.1 2
The mutual relations between the A. and Jaina
literature are unmistakable. Thus Somadevasuri, a
Jaina writer of the 10th cent., has in his Nftivakyamrta
closely followed the A. The Nandisutta and Anuoga-
dvara, Jaina, canonical books of uncertain date, refer
to the Kautiliyam and to Canakya. There are other
works on Rajaniti composed by Jainas besides the
Nitivakyamrta, such as Hemacandra’s Arhanniti, an
interesting book not based on the A., and the Jaina
versions of the Paficatantra. The A., on the other
hand, shows an acquaintance with the old Jaina tales
(see Notes on V, 5); it mentions the names of several
Jaina deities (II, 4); and it makes use of certain
technical terms recurring in Jaina works, as pointed
out by Mr. Shamasastri and Professor Jacobi.3 Cana-
kya himself, according to Hemachandra, was of Jaina
origin, favoured Jaina teachers, and in his old age tried
1 Ganapati SaStri, Svapnav., XXVIII.
2 ZDMG. LXXIV, 254 foil.