Virtue and human endspolitical ideas from Indian classics
Srinivasan, Vasanthi
Virtue and human ends political ideas from Indian classics
/Vasanthi Srinivasan
- Telangana : Orent Blackswan c2021
- xiii, 202 p. : 21 cm
Includes index
Classics like the Panchatantra or Vetala Panchavimshati were neither meant solely for children nor for illiterate folk. Entertaining and edifying, they were written for princes and kings, ministers and courtiers who are still amidst us, albeit in disguise, with the same motivations and ambitions. They also addressed the experts who peddled knowledge as a panacea for all political ills
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Criticism, interpretation, etc; Didactic literature, Sanskrit; Didactic literature, Sanskrit History and criticism