Cāṇakyasāra saṃgrah

The text is Cāṇakyasāra saṅgrah the title is present in the intermediate colophon. The manuscript is incomplete as it lacks a beginning and end with some folios out of order. Some folios are damaged which seems to be due to rodent damage. The text is popularly read in Nepal to teach morals and ethics for the general public rather than statecraft, internal or external affairs. Different editions have different no. of verses. The text is attributed to Cāṇakya the author of Arthaśāstra, strategic advisor to the 4th-century BCE Emperor Candragupta Maurya. While some of the verses in the text may have been from his work the majority seem to be formulated by later scholars who wanted their work to be more acclaimed using Cāṇakya's name. Image 1–20: (f.5B–21A) 100 verses Image 20–52: (f.21A–44B) 100 verses Image 52–82: (f.44A–63A) 92 verses