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Chanakya Biography

Chanakya (IAST: Cāṇakya, pronunciation (help·info); fl. c. 4th century BCE) was an Indian teacher, philosopher, economist, jurist and royal advisor. He is traditionally identified as Kauṭilya or Vishnugupta, who authored the ancient Indian political treatise, the Arthashastra. As such, he is considered the pioneer of the field of political science and economics in India, and his work is thought of as an important precursor to classical economics. His works were lost near the end of the Gupta Empire and not rediscovered until the early twentieth century.

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Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness.

Friends, Friendship, Happiness, People, Status, Wisdom

Whoever imposes severe punishment becomes repulsive to the people; while he who awards mild punishment becomes contemptible. But whoever imposes punishment as deserved becomes respectable.

Awards, Punishment, People, Deserved, Contemptible

Women have hunger two-fold, shyness four-fold, daring six-fold, and lust eight-fold as compared to men.

Compared, Eight, Hunger, Men, Two, Women

Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous.

Poisonous, Pretend, Should, Snakes, Venomous, Wisdom

Love or affection towards an individual or nation, is indicated by good action snot merely be words. The adoration towards nation is expressed by works of welfare equally done by the ruler and theruled. The ruler himself must be engatged, in welfare of th country and also should select officials examining their involvement with the public god. Self-centered people greedy of the power should be kept away

Adoration, Affection, Country, Engatged, People, Self

A father who is a chronic debtor, an adulterous mother, a beautiful wife, and an unlearned son are enemies in one's own home.

Beautiful, Mother, Father, Son, Wife

Prosperity last long for one who acts after proper consideration.

Acts, Consideration, Inspirational, Long, Political

Before you start some work, always ask yourself three questions - Why am I doing it, What the results might be and Will I be successful. Only when you think deeply and find satisfactory answers to these questions, go ahead.

Inspirational, Questions, Successful, Think, Work

If a king is energetic, his subjects will be equally energetic. If he is reckless, they will not only be reckless likewise, but also eat into his works.

Eat, Equally, Integrity, Kings, Reckless, Works

By means of hearing one understands dharma, malignity vanishes, knowledge is acquired, and liberation from material bondage is gained.

Wisdom, Mean, Hearing, Material, Vanishes

Everynbody tries not to reveal his weaknesses, so that he may not be ridiculed. Specially before the enemy. One's weakpoits shold not be revealed. Becaues ohe canstrike on those to ruin us. So one shold remain strong before the enemy.

Enemy, Political, Remain, Reveal, Strong

He who has wealth has friends and relations; he alone survives and is respected as a man.

Alone, Friends, Men, Relations, Wealth, Wisdom

As a whole forest becomes fragrant by the existence of a single tree with sweet-smelling blossoms in it, so a family becomes famous by the birth of a virtuous son.

Famous, Single, Son, Sweet, Tree, Whole

The Goddess of wealth is unsteady, and so is the life breath. The duration of life is uncertain, and the place of habitation is uncertain; but in all this inconsistent world religious merit alone is immovable.

Breath, Duration, Immovable, Place, Religious, World

Knowledge is lost without putting it into practice; a man is lost due to ignorance; an army is lost without a commander; and a woman is lost without a husband.

Army, Husband, Ignorance, Knowledge

The rain water enlivens all living beings of the earth both movable (insects, animals, humans, etc. ) and immovable (plants, trees, etc. ), and then returns to the ocean it value multiplied a million fold.

Animal, Million, Movable, Multiplied, Ocean, Rain

Whoever imposes severe punishment becomes repulsive to the people; while he who awards mild punishment becomes contemptible. But whoever imposes punishment as deserved becomes respectable. For punishment when awarded with due consideration, makes the people devoted to righteousness and to works productive of wealth and enjoyment; while punishment, when ill-awarded under the influence of greed and anger or owing to ignorance, excites fury even among hermits and ascetics dwelling in forests, not to speak of householders.

Dwelling, Ignorance, Punishment, Repulsive, Severe, Under

The life of an uneducated man is as useless as the tail of a dog which neither covers its rear end, nor protects it from the bites of insects.

Dog, Inspirational, Man, Men, Rear

He who befriends a man whose conduct is vicious, whose vision impure, and who is notoriously crooked, is rapidly ruined.

Befriends, Crooked, Men, Notoriously, Vision, Wisdom

The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all direction.

Direction, Education, Flower, Fragrance, Spreads, Wind

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