![]() (16) In his commentary on the sixty-four katas of Vatsyayana’s Kamasutra, Yasodhara attributes the device of one variety to Kautilya. (15) Ksirasvamin, an old commentator on Amara Kosa (about 11th century) in commenting on V, 21 (Canto 11) speaks of Chanakya. (14) Medhatithi (8th century A.D.) an earlier commentator on Manavadharmasastra makes a reference in his gloss on VII, 43, to Kautilya as the desirable type of teachers. ![]() (12) Mallinatha (14th century) in his commentary on the Raghuvamsa of Kalidasa quotes the Kautallya (13) Narayana Pandita refers to it in his commentary on Arunachala’s gloss on the Kumarasambhava of Kalidasa. (11) There is again a reference to his work in the Jain Nandi Sutra, though the Jain canonical writer treats his work as one among the false sciences. He notes especially Kautilya’s unquestioned help to Chandragupta, in establishing and governing the Mauryan kingdom, as well as the fall of the Nanda empire. ![]() (10) Somadevasuri in his Nitivakyamrta quotes often the very words of Kautilya and makes an explicit reference to the incidents connected with the Chanakya story.
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