A GENERAL AWARENES OF NITISASTRA TEXTS

Abstract

              The term Niti is derived from root  ni  to lead. Niti therefore means proper guidance or direction. Therefore Nitisastra was taken to be the science of ethics. Bharthrhari used the term in the same sense in his book Nitisataka

          The aim of the government is to secure progress in all fields and prosperity of society and the same was taken to be the scope of Nitisara. Sukra points out that Nitisastra as a sine-qua-non for the stability and progress of the society in all directions and now it enables the realization of the four fold goals  connected with dharma, artha, kama and moksha