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[B] References in Upadeśapada
The Upadeśapada is a didactic work of Haribhadra written in Jaina Māhārāṣṭrī, which is a collection of traditional narratives presented in 1039 dvaragāthās. These dvaragāthās contain hundreds of stories in a very brief manner. Municandrasūri has written a voluminous commentary on these dvaragāthās in the 12th century A.D. At this place only the dvāragāthās are mentioned with their numbers and subjects, which are connected with the anecdotes of Cāṇakya.
The numbers of gathās are - 7; 50; 139; 196.
(i) Upadeśapada, gāthā 7
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जोगियपासिच्छियपाडरमणदीणारपत्तिजूयम्मि । जह चेव जओ दुलहो धीरस्स तव मणुयत्तं ।।
Here, the analogy of pāśaka is indicated to explain the rareness or infrequency of human birth. The short story is documented in the Avaśyaka-ṭīkā (p.342) by Haribhadra.
(ii) Upadeśapada, gāthā 50
खमए अमच्चपुत्ते चाणक्के चेव थूलभद्दे य । नासिक्कसुंदरीणंद वइर परिणामिया बुद्धी ।।
Two gāthās (No.49-50) are dedicated to enumerate the famous personalities possessing pāriņāmikī-buddhi (wisdom acquired through experience). Cāṇakya is one of them. In the Avaśyaka-ṭīkā (pp.433-435), Haribhadra has written the life-story of Caṇakya up to the incident of filling the royal treasury, following the cūrṇikāra, without any major changes.
(iii) Upadeśapada, gāthā 139 -
चाणक्के वणगमणं मोरियचंद तह थेरि रोहणया । उवयारत्थग्गहणं धणसंवरणं च विन्नेयं ।।
