Hitopadeśa of Nārāyaṇa

Author(s)

• Nārāyana
• Kāle, M. R. (Moreshvar Ramchandra)

Bibliographic Information

Hitopadeśa of Nārāyaṇa

edited with a Sanskrit commentary Marma-prakāśikā and notes in English, M.R. Kale

Motilal Banarsidass, 1967

6th ed

Uniform Title

Hitopadeśa

Note

English and Sanskrit; pref. and notes in English

Authorship uncertain, attributed to Nārāyaṇa

First ed. published in 1896, Bombay

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This work aims at teaching the principles of polity guided by morality, presenting them in the agreeable form of stories written mainly in prose interspersed with verse. It belongs to that class of compositions which imparts instructions through fables inspired by the wisdom of its place and time. The work is divided into four books: The book 1 describes how to win friends. The book 2 deals with the circumstances leading to the loss of friends. The book 3 relates war and the book 4 to conciliation.

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Details

• NCID: BA13463162
• ISBN:
  • 8120806026
• Country Code: ii
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: saneng
• Place of Publication: Delhi
• Pages/Volumes: viii, 105, 124, 54 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PK3741
• Uniform Title ID:
  • EA0001563X