Unrolling the leaf
Loading…Unrolling the leaf
Loading…
Teacher: Acharya ChanakyaThe caption will appear here as the teacher speaks.
What the Chanakya Niti is, what it is not, and the promise of its opening verses.
प्रणम्य शिरसा विष्णुं त्रैलोक्याधिपतिं प्रभुम्।
नानाशास्त्रोद्धृतं वक्ष्ये राजनीतिसमुच्चयम्॥Transliteration: praṇamya śirasā viṣṇuṃ trailokyādhipatiṃ prabhum | nānā-śāstroddhṛtaṃ vakṣye rāja-nīti-samuccayam ||
Every verse in this lecture can be checked against these texts.
Chanakya Niti
1.1 (common vulgate numbering)
Chanakya Niti
1.2–1.3 (paraphrased; numbering varies by edition)
Hemachandra, Parishishtaparvan
Chandragupta episode (paraphrased story from later tradition)
This lecture was narrated from texts reviewed by our scholar reviewers. The teacher character is an artistic interpretation.
The Chanakya character is an artistic narrator based on traditional accounts. Historians debate the details of his life.