Karṇāṭa Classical Series 2

Cūḍāratnaśataka

A commentary by Akkamahadevi

2026121 pagesISBN 978-81-985025-6-8₹300

The Chūḍāratnaśataka is a collection of didactic verses concerned primarily with moral and ethical instruction. The moral instruction of the Chūḍāratna Śataka emerges from insights drawn from personal experience and from careful observation of human life. The text expounds social ethics, including the ethics of friendship, the conduct of virtuous individuals, family values, and, to a more limited extent, political ethics.