Panchatantra: A reflex of Arthashastra
by M. N. Indrani | 2003 | 42,495 words
The essay studies the Panchatantra in relation to the Arthashastra by proposing that that Indian fable literature divides into educative and entertaining narratives, both traced back to the sacred Vedic texts. It highlights the 'Pancatantra' and its kin as representative of educative stories promoting ethical conduct and worldly wisdom through tale...
The concept of Janapada (Country)
So far as the third element of sovereignty i.e. Janapada (country) is concerned, Kautilya gives all the details of the 69. yo mantram svamino bhidyatsacivye sanniyojitah | sa hatva nrpakaryam tatsvayam ca narakam vrajet || Pancatantra, Mitrabheda, verse - 295, p. 120. yena yasya krto bhedah sacivena mahipateh | tenasastravadhastasya krta ityaha naradah || Pancatantra, Mitrabheda, verse - 296, p. 120. 70. gunalayo'pyasanmantri nrpatirnadhigamyate | • prasannasvadusalilo dustagrahyo yatha hrdah || Pancatantra, Mitrabheda, verse - 415, p. 172.
148 capital cities both in the centre and the extremities of the kingdom wherein the productivity of subsistance to all people, cattle and forest animals, is given all excessible possessions. But, Visnusarma in his Pancatantra is found scare to provide the subject-matter dealing with the element of Janapada. Therefore, it is here not taken into consideration.