DOI Seite / Zitierlink:
https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.53503#0014
6
BhSradvaja (:. <?., Kanirika, the son of Bharadvaja),
who is quoted as an authority further on (V, 5).
Kanirika occurs in the Mahabharata (I, 140) as
Ka$ika, the learned minister of king Dhrtarastra,
and reputed author of certain maxims on the subject
of Polity, which agree closely with the teachings of
Kautilya. Visalaksa, ‘ the large-eyed,’ i. e., the god
Siva, is in the Mahabh. (XII, 59) mentioned as the
author of the Vaisalaksam,* in which the original trea-
tise of Brahman on the three objects of man, etc.,
was reduced to icooo chapters. Parasara and Pisuna,
‘the informer,’ i. e., Narada, are also well-known sages
of the great epic, and two renowned law-books are
attributed to them. Kaui^apadanta is an epithet of
Bhlsma, theTncle of the Pandus, whose teachings on
the subject of Dharma occupy a large space in the
Mahabharata (XII, 56—XIII, 166). Vatavyadhi is
another nickname, of unknown meaning (wind-dis-
ease ? ). Bahudantlputra is Indra, whose Sastra,
called Bahudantakam, is in the Mahabharata declared
to have been an abridgment, in 5000 chapters, from
the above mentioned composition of Visalaksa. As
regards the use of nicknames, it should be remember-
ed, that Kanada, the name of the founder of Indian
Logic, means atom-eater. 24’ B. 28.
B.
9, 14. BM. 16. BM,
‘ Provided with arms (sastram) handled according to
science (sastram).’ There is a pun here. Sh. reads
‘ faithful to the dictates of the sastra,
though unaided with weapons.’
10, L according to S. 7• °^arra?T^nr
M. B S. IL a S. 17-
BhSradvaja (:. <?., Kanirika, the son of Bharadvaja),
who is quoted as an authority further on (V, 5).
Kanirika occurs in the Mahabharata (I, 140) as
Ka$ika, the learned minister of king Dhrtarastra,
and reputed author of certain maxims on the subject
of Polity, which agree closely with the teachings of
Kautilya. Visalaksa, ‘ the large-eyed,’ i. e., the god
Siva, is in the Mahabh. (XII, 59) mentioned as the
author of the Vaisalaksam,* in which the original trea-
tise of Brahman on the three objects of man, etc.,
was reduced to icooo chapters. Parasara and Pisuna,
‘the informer,’ i. e., Narada, are also well-known sages
of the great epic, and two renowned law-books are
attributed to them. Kaui^apadanta is an epithet of
Bhlsma, theTncle of the Pandus, whose teachings on
the subject of Dharma occupy a large space in the
Mahabharata (XII, 56—XIII, 166). Vatavyadhi is
another nickname, of unknown meaning (wind-dis-
ease ? ). Bahudantlputra is Indra, whose Sastra,
called Bahudantakam, is in the Mahabharata declared
to have been an abridgment, in 5000 chapters, from
the above mentioned composition of Visalaksa. As
regards the use of nicknames, it should be remember-
ed, that Kanada, the name of the founder of Indian
Logic, means atom-eater. 24’ B. 28.
B.
9, 14. BM. 16. BM,
‘ Provided with arms (sastram) handled according to
science (sastram).’ There is a pun here. Sh. reads
‘ faithful to the dictates of the sastra,
though unaided with weapons.’
10, L according to S. 7• °^arra?T^nr
M. B S. IL a S. 17-