Jainas in History of Indian Literature

Author(s): Jinvijay
Publisher: ZZZ Unknown

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the Kauṭiliya passage of some Hindu war deities, whose worship in a fortress seems as appropriate, as their names "Invincible", "Irresistible", "Victorious" and "Bringer of Victory" (or "Banner") are significant. There are also a few other passages in the Kautilya-Arthasastra where some technical terms (which, however, have nothing at all to do with Jaina religion) occur that are also found in Jaina Angas or commentaries, as Shama Sastri has pointed out. But the terms in question are taken from the S'ilpasastra, which may have been known to the authors of the Jaina texts. We are not entitled to conclude from this, as Professor Jacobi has done", "that the Kauṭiliya must have been written near the time of the composition of the Jaina canon". It seems to me that we have no reason to see any connexion between the Kautilya-Arthasästra and the Jaina literature.
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It is, however, very noteworthy that the Jainas have at least two works on Arthasastra. The one is the Nitiväkyämṛta of Somadeva Suri, the reputed author of the Yasastilaka (written about 959 A.D.). The other is the Laghvarhannitisāstra of Hema candra.
The Nitivākyāmṛta of Somadevasūri, has been published in the Bombay 1887/8. Professor Jolly has given a number of parallel texts from this work to the Kauţilīya-Arthasāstra,
1 Notes to his (2nd) Edition pp. 46, 52 f, 55-57, 59
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2 Zeitschrift der deutschen Morgenländ Ges. 74, 254 f. 3 Zeitschrift der Dentschen Morgenl. Ges. 69, 369 ft.