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Cāṇakyarājanīti, 1829. = चाणक्यराजनीति, १८२९.

Author/Creator:
Kauṭalya.
Publication:
1829.
१८२९.
Format/Description:
Manuscript
1 item (12 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 25 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1566
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Standardized Title:
Cāṇakyanīti
Other Title:
Cāṇakyasārasaṃgraha
Subjects:
Hindu ethics.
Hindu law.
Dharma.
Form/Genre:
Manuals (instructional materials)
Treatises.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Language:
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