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"kavi Puttra" of kalidasa
This can back date the composition of Sukruniti as U Sanonitt to the epoch of the Rāmāyana as such In Rāmāyana of Valmiki II. 25-23,91 he is described as a Sage iesiding in the Dandakayana. Kausalya had prayed for his help in favour of Rand during latter's exile. In the same text VII 1602 Sulu has been illustrated as a minister of Kubera. Kubera being the elder brotliei of Ravana, Sukia referred to by Vişnusaima as Usanah could well be the same as the Minister of Kubera who wrote the Sāstia for Ravana He could have also been a minister of Ravana In Sukraniti 63 1.113 Ravana has been illustrated as a person along with India, Dāndakya and Nahusa who met their doom on account of their addiction unto wives of others. But in I 141-145 Rāvana i eferred to as rākşasa Paulastya has also been illustrated in line with Dangakya, Janamejaya, Aula the Rajarsi, an asura named Vatapi, having lost his life duc to pride (mānad). In I.146 Jāmadagnya (Parasurama) and Ainbarisa have been treated of as suave person who enjoyed this earth foi long after buving vanquished the ansudvarga. In 1-152-1536 158, trayı (the triad of vedas) has been mentioned. But in 1.1556 7(Vedas calvaio) Vedas as four in number have bcen iefclied to, Athai va veda being a specialised treatise though synchronising with the Xth Mandala of Rgveda as the manual of utual has been segregated to one compositc whole. Cannonso 8 have been referred to along with Gun Power. This has misled many an eruditc scholar to put forward the view that Sukranitih or Usanonitiḥ Bhärgavanttih could not have been written before 8th Century A.D., when Gun powder and gun making came into actual vogue after a gap of long centuries. In IV.7.200-20369 the specific powders and their measures have been fully enunciated for the composition of the Gun powder to be used for explosion in small as well as the big cannons and the bigger ones carriageable on the Carts (Pravāhyam Sakatādyaistu). Suvarcilarvana gandhaka-arka-snuhi-substances forming the compounds of Gun powder certainly refer to the ancient norm and not to the modern norm necessarily Hence the antiquity of the work cannot be gainsayed. Kautilya XIII 4.19-21 p.263 Part-1 RP Kangle with 11.18 (Ayudhāgāra (Sūtias 5, 6) p. 68 KAS Part II R. P. Kangle pp 150–151 and p. 566 referring to Agnicūrņa and Sthita and Cala, antras equally comes to our rescue here 10 expounding this point (yolo lolamayo garbhagulikal kevalo'pi vā; sisusya laghunalartham liy anyadhatubliavo' pi vā)
Lohasāramayam väpi nālastram tvanyadhatujam.
nityasaminārjana-svacchamastrapatibhir avrlam). IV.7 204-205 refers to
