Hitopadeśa of Nārāyaṇa
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English and Sanskrit; pref. and notes in English
Authorship uncertain, attributed to Nārāyaṇa
First ed. published in 1896, Bombay
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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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