<!--QuoteBegin-Ashok Kumar+Apr 14 2008, 10:23 PM-->QUOTE(Ashok Kumar @ Apr 14 2008, 10:23 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->"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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Ashok Ji, good find. Yes, the much/oft-obused saying is not present in arthasAstram as far as I could confirm too.
While the seeds and sentiments of the saying might go back to the older grantha-s as pointed by you and summarized by Husky, the best bet about the exact subhAsitam remains that this was originally written by viSNusarman and was later incorporated into various works that borrow from panchatantra -- like hitopadesa and many variants of it including jaina ones; or a lesser possiblility that it predated him and originated from bhaR^tihari -- proving which also seems unlikely as the saying does not appear in any three of his nIti-s like you said... what about kAlidAsa?
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Ashok Ji, good find. Yes, the much/oft-obused saying is not present in arthasAstram as far as I could confirm too.
While the seeds and sentiments of the saying might go back to the older grantha-s as pointed by you and summarized by Husky, the best bet about the exact subhAsitam remains that this was originally written by viSNusarman and was later incorporated into various works that borrow from panchatantra -- like hitopadesa and many variants of it including jaina ones; or a lesser possiblility that it predated him and originated from bhaR^tihari -- proving which also seems unlikely as the saying does not appear in any three of his nIti-s like you said... what about kAlidAsa?