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Four unknown Cāakya MSs in Leiden

Four unknown Cāakya MSs in Leiden F O U R U N K N O W N C/~I~IAKYA MSs I N L E I D E N by LUDWIK STERNBACH LL.D. New York 1. During my stay in Leiden in 1957 I came across four C~.nakya's MSs, three o f which belong to the University Library, Leiden: MSs. Cod. Or. 8855, 8857 a n d 8859 and one to Prof. J. W. de Jong (CSJ). I am deeply obliged to the University Library, Leiden for allowing me to prepare microfilms o f the first three MSs, a n d am most grateful to Prof. J. W. de Jong for the l o a n o f the f o u r t h MS. O f the four, three MSs are o f considerable value and their importance has p r o m p t e d me to make their detailed description. 2. After having studied some hundred a n d fifty editions and MSs o f compendia o f aphorisms attributed to C~n.akya, I have concluded that these compendia can be divided into six versions which can be termed: 1) the V.rddha-C~n. akya, textus ornatior (or C~ .nakya-niti-darpan. a) divided into 17 http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Indo-Iranian Journal Brill

Four unknown Cāakya MSs in Leiden

Indo-Iranian Journal , Volume 2 (4): 284 – Jan 1, 1958

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Brill
Copyright
© 1958 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0019-7246
eISSN
1572-8536
DOI
10.1163/000000058790082858
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Abstract

F O U R U N K N O W N C/~I~IAKYA MSs I N L E I D E N by LUDWIK STERNBACH LL.D. New York 1. During my stay in Leiden in 1957 I came across four C~.nakya's MSs, three o f which belong to the University Library, Leiden: MSs. Cod. Or. 8855, 8857 a n d 8859 and one to Prof. J. W. de Jong (CSJ). I am deeply obliged to the University Library, Leiden for allowing me to prepare microfilms o f the first three MSs, a n d am most grateful to Prof. J. W. de Jong for the l o a n o f the f o u r t h MS. O f the four, three MSs are o f considerable value and their importance has p r o m p t e d me to make their detailed description. 2. After having studied some hundred a n d fifty editions and MSs o f compendia o f aphorisms attributed to C~n.akya, I have concluded that these compendia can be divided into six versions which can be termed: 1) the V.rddha-C~n. akya, textus ornatior (or C~ .nakya-niti-darpan. a) divided into 17

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Indo-Iranian JournalBrill

Published: Jan 1, 1958

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