Sanatana Dharma - Aka Hinduism (1st Bin)

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Husky,

That was a nice synopsis. Many ecology activists are fond of Prithivi Sukta, although its range is much bigger than just ecology.


<b>Re: Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam </b>

There are a couple of papers that claim that many of the Hitopadesa subhashita-s are chAnakya's creation. Hitopadesa's author narAyaNa pandita not only borrowed heavily from Panchatantra but also from chAnakya.

"Vasudhaiva-kutumbakam" present in Hitopadesa is supposed to be borrowed from chAnakya. although it is not part of chankya-niti as far as I could ascertain.
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Cāṇakya's Aphorisms in the Hitopadeśa (I)
Author(s): Ludwik Sternbach
Source: Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 76, No. 2, (Apr. - Jun., 1956), pp. 115-
130
Published by: American Oriental Society
Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/595079
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Cāṇakya's Aphorisms in the Hitopadeśa (II)
Author(s): Ludwik Sternbach
Source: Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 77, No. 1 (Jan. - Mar., 1957), pp. 26-31
Publisher: American Oriental Society
Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/594872
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The second part of the paper lists "vasudhaiva kutumbakam" as the 50th borrowed shloka