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Cāṇakyarājanīti, 1829.
चाणक्यराजनीति
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1566
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- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author/Creator:
- Kauṭalya.
- Standardized Title:
- Cāṇakyanīti
- Language:
- Sanskrit
- Subjects (All):
- Hindu ethics.
- Hindu law.
- Dharma.
- Genre:
- manuals (instructional materials)
- treatises
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
- Manuscripts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (12 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 25 cm
- Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1566
- Other Title:
- Cāṇakyasārasaṃgraha
- Place of Publication:
- 1829.
- १८२९.
- Language Note:
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Summary:
- Manuscript is a condensed version, essence (sāra), of this treatise on ethics, politics, and rules of conduct for kings according to dharma.
- Notes:
- Title from colophon; alternate title Cāṇakyasārasaṃgraha from notes on manuscript supporting board.
- Written in 8 lines per leaf.
- 12 leaves foliated 1-12, upper left verso.
- Colophon: iti śrīcāṇakyarājanīti saṃpūrṇaṃ sa[ṃ]vat 1886 (f. 12r).
- Dated saṃvat 1886 (1829) (f. 12r).
- Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; manuscript was previously bound and glued as a codex and text is oriented for turning the folios from right to left.
- Paper board for support with additional notes.
- Cited in:
- Listed in H.I. Poleman, Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New Haven, Conn.: American Oriental Society, 1938), Poleman 3501 (UP 1566).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1566.
- OCLC:
- 927442256
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