Cāṇakyaśloka [1874]

Collection of sayings or maxims for moral and spiritual guidance in daily life. Dated in code as śāke vedāṃka śailendu, which likely means: veda (4), aṃka (9), śaila (7) and indu (1) in the year of śaka 1794 (1874 A.D.) (f. 11v). Cotton and wood pulp paper; poor condition, unbound. 6 x 29 cm; 9 folios; there is a newspaper wrapper as well as a note in modern paper glued to the back folio. Notes and numbers written in a modern Bengali hand: Kra: 1876; Vi: 8. Author: Kauṭalya.