Cārucaryā, Carucarya, or Charucharya (Sanskrit चारुचर्या) is a collection of ethical verses by

Kashmir Kashmir () is the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term "Kashmir" denoted only the Kashmir Valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal Range. Today, the term encompas ...

ian writer called

Kshemendra Kshemendra (; ) was an 11th-century Sanskrit polymath-poet, satirist, philosopher, historian, dramatist, translator and art-critic from Kashmir in India. Biography Kshemendra was born into an old, cultured, and affluent family. His father was ...

of eleventh century. Technically referred to as 'didactic

poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral or writte ...

s', the book has moral instructions that are practicable even today. Grammatically simple the book is like a guidebook of

ethics Ethics or moral philosophy is a branch of philosophy that "involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior".''Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy'' The field of ethics, along with aesthetics, concerns m ...

suitable to be kept in one's pocket for daily references and for quoting in appropriate instances.

External links

A Critical Discussion on the Charucharya – Rev Upali Sramon

Subhasitani or Extracts from Carucarya
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