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

Kashmir Kashmir ( or ) is the Northwestern Indian subcontinent, 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 P ...

ian writer called Kshemendra 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 (thought, thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral t ...

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

ethics Ethics is the philosophy, philosophical study of Morality, moral phenomena. Also called moral philosophy, it investigates Normativity, normative questions about what people ought to do or which behavior is morally right. Its main branches inclu ...

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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