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100 | _aSrinivasan, Vasanthi | ||
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_aVirtue and human ends _c/Vasanthi Srinivasan _bpolitical ideas from Indian classics |
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_bOrent Blackswan _cc2021 _aTelangana : |
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_axiii, 202 p. : _c21 cm |
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504 | _aindex | ||
520 | _aClassics 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 | ||
650 | _a Criticism, interpretation, etc; Didactic literature, Sanskrit; Didactic literature, Sanskrit History and criticism | ||
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