Canakya, Cāṇakya: 16 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchCāṇakya (चाणक्य):—
1) patron. von caṇaka gaṇa gargādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 1, 105.] Unter diesem Namen erscheint gewöhnlich Viṣṇugupta, ein als Gnomendichter berühmter Brahmane, der die Dynastie der Nanda vertilgt haben soll, [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 7, 22.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 853,] [Scholiast] [Lassen’s Indische Alterthumskunde II, 199. fgg.] [Pañcatantra Pr. 2. V, 38. 253, 12.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 5, 109. fgg.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 987,] [Scholiast] handelnde Person in [Mudrārākṣasa] Ueber die ihm zugeschriebenen Denksprüche s. [Bibliothecae sanskritae 298. fgg.] [Kāvya-Saṅgraha 312. fgg.] [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 781. fg.] [Weber’s Indische Studien 1, 473,] [Nalopākhyāna] —
2) adj. vom vorherg.: śāstraṃ cāṇakyam [Cāṇakya 1.] Vgl. cāṇaka .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungCāṇakya (चाणक्य):——
1) Adj. — a) aus Kichererbsen gemacht [Bhāvaprakāśa 2,17.] — b) von cāṇakya
2) herrührend. —
2) m. Patron. von caṇaka. Nomen proprium des Ministers von Candragupta und Sohnes des Caṇin [Hemacandra's Pariśiṣṭaparvan 8,200.]
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Starts with: Canakyacandra, Canakyakusuma, Canakyamula, Canakyamulaka, Canakyaniti, Canakyanitivakyasara, Canakyarajaniti, Canakyarajanitishastra, Canakyarotika, Canakyasambandha, Canakyasaptati, Canakyasara, Canakyasarasamgraha, Canakyashataka, Canakyashloka, Canakyasutra, Canakyatana.
Ends with: Brihakcanakya, Niticanakya, Vriddhacanakya.
Full-text (+441): Brihakcanakya, Kautalya, Vriddhacanakya, Amshula, Khalakhalaya, Canakatmaja, Shyalaka, Canaka, Vishnugupta, Atidana, Dramila, Capalya, Canakyashloka, Suma, Kautilya, Bhandarin, Paropakarana, Canakyamulaka, Avancanata, Sanukula.
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Mudrarakshasa (literary study) (by Antara Chakravarty)
6.1. The character of Cāṇakya < [Chapter 6 - Other Literary Estimates of Mudrārākṣasa]
6.4. The character of Rākṣasa < [Chapter 6 - Other Literary Estimates of Mudrārākṣasa]
2. About the Drama < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
Dasarupaka (critical study) (by Anuru Ranjan Mishra)
Part 9 - Sentiments (rasa) used in a Nāṭaka < [Chapter 1 - Nāṭaka (critical study)]
Part 2 - Summary of the drama (Mudrārākṣasa) < [Chapter 1 - Nāṭaka (critical study)]
Part 7 - Characters in the Mudrārākṣasa < [Chapter 1 - Nāṭaka (critical study)]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Kuntaka’s evaluation of Sanskrit literature (by Nikitha. M)
6. Mudrārākṣasa in Kuntaka’s treatment < [Chapter 4 - Kuntaka’s evaluation of Sanskrit Plays of other Poets]
3.8 (e): Contextual figurativeness or prakaraṇa-vakratā < [Chapter 1 - Vakroktijīvita: A Synoptic Survey]
3.8 (f): Compositional figurativeness or prabandha-vakratā < [Chapter 1 - Vakroktijīvita: A Synoptic Survey]
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 155 - Attainment of Siddhi by Cāṇakya < [Section 3 - Revā-khaṇḍa]
Chapter 14 - Resuscitation of Dead Daityas < [Section 1 - Kedāra-khaṇḍa]
Chapter 40 - The Birth of Mahākāla: The Arrangement of Four Yugas < [Section 2 - Kaumārikā-khaṇḍa]
Kautilya Arthashastra (by R. Shamasastry)
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