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mārga',! being ‘abhivava' associated with Amaraguru (Bịhaspati) and Bhārgava (Sukrācārya) etc. whereby it implies that he had before him a large number of treatises on this lore which dealt with the conduct of kingdom at home as well as abroad. His reference to Arthaśāstra may allude to his acquaintance with Kautilya and his treatise whom he seems to follow meticulously during the course of his dissertations on political affairs, but his express mention of the two ācāryas Brhaspati (Amaraguru) and Sukra (Bhārgava) clearly stresses the point that he had got great regard for these two and perhaps his allusion to ‘Arthaśāstra' refers to the treatise of this name composed by Bșhaspati referred to by Bhāsa? as well as Kautilya" as an g efir ' and '15% fa aler : 'respectively. Sukranītih' contains verses which tackle the theory of Administration and statecraft almost in the same manner as Kautilya. We can easily conclude that he had before him the Arthaśāstras of Bịhaspatih and Kautilya as also the Sukranītih of Sukrācārya while exemplifying his own political notions and beliefs. Dhanapāla has referred to certain technical terms which make it evident that he had a firm grounding of the traditional lores on polity such as -
‘Mahāmandalapati?, Vijigīşu, 'bahumālikāh prakrtayah,” 'Cakravartti,"7 Uttamaprakrti,"8 "Mahājanapada, 'Mandala,"l0 'Śaktitraya,"!'Satruşadvarga, "12 Vişamadurgabala,"13 “Pranidhipuruṣa,"14 'Utkhātāropita, '15 Saurājya, '16 ‘Tantraśakti,'17 "Mantraśakti,' 18 'Nisitaśastra
1. 31479 4riqaga44T1a2141414 12 14 etc. TM Vol. III p. 120. 2. Prati. N. Act V. p. 296 Bhāsanāțakacakram. 3. KAŚ I. 15.48 Vol. I p. 20. R. P. Kangle. 4. TM Sm. ed. p. 280. 5. Ibid. Vol. III p. 176. TM Vol. II p. 193. 6. Ibid. Vol. III p. 172. 7. Ibid. Vol. I p. 48, 95, 114, Vol. III p. 11, 132, 140, 8. Ibid. Vol. III p. 67. 9. Ibid. Vol. III p. 67. 10. Ibid. Vol. III p. 32. 11. Ibid. Vol. III p. 10. 12. Ibid. L. 7. P. 10 13. Ibid. Vol. II p. 291. 14. Ibid. Vol. II p. 291. 15. Ibid. Vol. II p. 291, Sm. ed. p. 427. 16. Ibid. Vol. II p. 288. 17. Ibid. Vol. II p. 284. 18. Ibid.
