Cāņakya

By Jit Majumdar

1. pertaining to Caņaka
2. son of Caņaka
3. the patronymic of Kauţilya, also known as Vişņugupta, who was the prime minister of emperor Candragupta Maurya and the author of the Arthaśāstra and Nītiśāstra.

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