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tradition, might have inspired Somadevasūri to revive the Kautilīya Arthaśāstra in the form of an ethical guidebook without bringing any elements of Jainification. The easy, lucid and communicative style of the sutras adds more value to the coarse subject. While exploring Caṇakya in Jaina literature, the Nītivākyāmṛta is an unavoidable stop.
List of References
1) Introduction of Nathuram Premi to Nītivākyāmṛta, p.5
2) pp.6-7
3) अर्थशास्त्राध्ययनं वा । Nītivākyāmrta 1.9
4) महद्भिः पुरुषैः प्रतिष्ठितोऽश्मापि भवति देवः किं पुनर्मनुष्यः । Nītivākyāmrta
10.3
5) Nitiväkyāmṛta 10.4
6) Kathāsaritsagara, Lambaka 1, verse 122-123
[6] The Kathakoṣa (Kahakosu) of Śrīcandra is a famous collection of narratives written in Apabhramśa during the 11th century A.D. Śrīcandra has selected certain gāthās from the Bhagavatī Ārādhanā, in which traditional narratives pertaining to famous personalities are suggested in few words. The narrative of Caṇakya is given as an example of an ascetic, who endures the troubles afflicted by the enemy with great equilibrium of mind and attains heavenly abode (Kahakosu pp.508-512).
Śricandra generally follows Hariṣena's Sanskrit Kathākoṣa. In the case of Caṇakya-muni-kathā, Śrīcandra's main purport is Hariṣena's narrative, still we can enumerate the changes and peculiarities of Śrīcandra in the following manner -
* Like Hariṣeņa, he mentions three ministers of Nanda viz. Kavi (sometimes Kāvi), Subandhu and Sakaṭāla.
