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चाणक्य

अर्थशास्त्र का रचयिता, चन्द्रगुप्त मौर्य का मंत्री और नन्द वंश का विनाशक जो ई. पू. 320 में विराजमान था

the author of arthashastra, minister of chandragupta maurya and uprooter of the nanda dynasty, chanakya flourished about 320 bc. he is famous for his valuable treatise arthashastra, which deals with practical politics in detail, mudrarakshasa, the famous sanskrit play is based on his achievements

Monier–Williams

चाणक्य — {cāṇakya} mfn. made of chick-peas v, 11, 37##composed by Cāṇakya##m. (g. {gargâdi}) patr. fr. Caṇaka (son of Caṇin viii, 200), N. of a minister of Candra-gupta (said to have destroyed the Nanda dynasty##reputed author of {-śloka} {q.v.}, 'the Machiavelli of India') v, 109 ff