Lectures on the Ancient History of India by D.R. Bhandarkar

Author:D.R. Bhandarkar [Bhandarkar, D.R.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Rupa
Published: 2013-06-01T05:00:00+00:00

(2) N=aikasya mantra-siddhir=ast=īti Viśālākshaḥ

(3) Etan=mantra-jñānaṁ n=aitan=mantra-rakshaṇam= iti Pārāaśaraḥ

(4) N=eti Piśunaḥ

(5) N=eti Kauṭilyaḥ

(6) Mantribhis = tribhiś = chaturbhir=vāsaha mantrayeta and so on.

These are the Sūtras, and whatever is published in the book along with each Sūtras so as to form a paragraph is the Bhāshya. There is yet another element of this work which requires to be considered—I mean the verses which are as a rule given at the end of each chapter. Who can be the author of these verses? Were they all composed by Kauṭilya himself? Let us try to answer this question. There can be no doubt that some at least were composed by him. Certainly the first two of the verses occurring on p.17 of the published text must belong to him. The first gives the opinion of the previous Āchāryas that the king shall employ his ministers in offices corresponding to their ascertained purity. The second cites the view of Kauṭilya that the king shall in no wise test their purity on himself or his queen. The phrase here used is etat Kauṭilya-darśanam. This indicates that these two verses at any rate come from the pen of Kauṭilya. And we can suppose that there were perhaps some others which also were composed by him. It is not however possible to concede more and assert that he was the author of all the verses met with in his work. This is strongly negatived by the fact that on pp. 365-6 occur two stanzas14 with the prefatory remark: ap=īha ślokau bhavataḥ. This is an unmistakable indication that these verses at any rate were not of Kauṭilya, but were quoted by him from some work. Again, we have at least two instances of verses prefaced by one or more words in prose either of which is insufficient by itself but which together make the sense whole and complete. Thus on p.121 we have the following:

Surakāmedak-ārishta-madhu-phal-āmlāmla-

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