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भार्यानिमित्तं रागद्वेषोद्भवः, तद्यथा - चाणाक्येन भगिनीभगिनीपत्याद्यवज्ञातया Hypefur alleda 7-Gifts Gantefyuunda 1918-comes an ART I (Ācārāngatīkā p.100)
The point of discussion is - 'How the feelings of attachment and aversion are created while interacting with our dear ones ?’ For explaining the point, the example of Cāņakya and his wife is given.
In the above-mentioned passage, many incidents are noted briefly viz. humiliation of Cāņakya's wife by her sisters and their husbands ; Cāņakya's arrival to the court of Nanda for getting donation ; his insult in the palace and his revenge on Nanda. Sīlāňka follows the Āvaśyaka-cūrņi in this small passage but the context and presentation is different. Secondly, he uses the word Cāņākya in Sanskrit, following Harişeņa, a Digambara ācārya. (ii) In the Sūtrakstānga-țīkā, we find one-line comment on Cāņakya.
7911 EURTHERIUT RI Joelfcousetuig-TefH 1 (p.169)
According to Śīlānka, Cāņakya intends that one should employ deceitful means to acquire wealth.
“With the help of Sīlāňka's passing remarks, one cannot know his exact attitude towards Cāņakya. The revengeful nature and deceitful means of Cāņakya are looked at with a sense of reproach.” [27] Cāņakya : From Jayasimha's outlook
The Dharmopadeśamālā with vivarana is a collection of traditional narratives written with new prespective during the 9th century A.D. The dvāragāthās and stories both are written by the same author, Jayasimha. Two stories of Cāņakya are found in this text. Both the stories start with dvāragāthās. The stories are not new because the author himself has given references of the Āvaśyakaniryukti-cūrņi-tīkā and Upadeśamālā. But it is the contribution of
