Rajanitishastra, Rājanītiśāstra, Rajaniti-shastra: 4 definitions
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Rajanitishastra means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term Rājanītiśāstra can be transliterated into English as Rajanitisastra or Rajanitishastra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Dharmashastra (religious law)
Source: archive.org: Bharatiya vastu-sastra (Politics)Rājanītiśāstra (राजनीतिशास्त्र) or Cāṇakyarājanītiśāstra (dealing with Politics and Dharmaśāstra) refers to one of the works ascribed to King Bhoja, according to Bisheshwar Nath Reu.—King Bhoja of Dhārā, one of the greatest rulers of India, ruled from 1018 to 1060 A.D. He was great in the art of Government and war, but still greater in the art of peace. He had earned immortal fame as a great patron of poets and men of letters and a mass of legends has grown about his name. He is reported to be the author of more than three dozen works [i.e., Cāṇakyarājanītiśāstra]. [...] Śrī Viśveśvara Nātha Reu has laboured very hard in his treatise on ‘Rājā Bhoja’ (publsihed by Hindustani Academy) in collecting all the available material on the subject to give an account of the life and works of Bhoja. He has given a list of the following thirty-four books ascribed to Rājā Bhoja of Dhārā [i.e., Cāṇakyarājanītiśāstra]
Dharmashastra (धर्मशास्त्र, dharmaśāstra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumRājanītiśāstra (राजनीतिशास्त्र) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—by Cāṇakya. See Cāṇakyanīti.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryRājanītiśāstra (राजनीतिशास्त्र):—[=rāja-nīti-śāstra] [from rāja-nīti > rāja > rāj] n. Name of [work]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Nepali dictionary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryRājanīti-śāstra (राजनीति-शास्त्र):—n. political science;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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Partial matches: Shastra, Rajaniti.
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Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Page 179 < [Volume 11 (1895)]
Vastu-shastra (Introduction to Indian architecture) (by D. N. Shukla)
(i) General Introduction < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
Longevity of the Author of the Puranas < [Purana, Volume 6, Part 2 (1964)]
Canakya’s Aphorisms in Puranas < [Purana, Volume 6, Part 1 (1964)]
The Katha Literature and the Puranas < [Purana, Volume 7, Part 1 (1965)]
Shishupala-vadha (Study) (by Shila Chakraborty)
The three Śaktis, Udayas and Siddhis < [Chapter 1 - Concept of Vijigīṣu king]
Kingship in early Medieval India (by Sudip Narayan Maitra)
Part 5 - The Area of Problem < [Chapter 2 - Perspectives on State, Kingship and Polity in Early-Medieval India]
Political Maxims of Sri Krishna Deva Raya < [October 1962]