Fwd: Who has written Artha sastra ?

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, " Kishore patnaik " <kishorepatnaik09

wrote:

 

In this regard, I came across a strange but rather interesting

argument that both Canakya (the author of AS) and Vatsayana (author of

Kama sutra) are one and the same. The Argument goes something like this:

 

The Canakya is said to be a person who had brought fame to two Gotras.

 

While there are no other Gotras are mentioned in AS, it is titled as

Koutaliya AS, ie it is in written in the name of the Gotra of

Kutala.Thus, there must be another book written by him in the name of

another Gotra. This could be Kamasutra for the following reasons:

 

The name 'Vatsayana' also refers to a Gothra, that of Sri vatsa.

 

Both the books are written for the usage of kings

 

Both the books are in the form of Sutras, the style of which are

similar. In fact, some of the sutras are identical.

 

Both Kautilya and Vatsyana bear the titles of Malla naga and Pakshila

swamy etc.

 

This in summary proves that both these books are written by the same

person.

 

I invite the comments

 

Kishore patnaik

 

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