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I?CONOMIC$ IN ANCIBN?I' INDIA 688 Chanakya too has included this science o! wealth in the daily curriculum of the studies of a king. (I. 211. He, has, moreoveL ance ?o wealth ind given an unprecedented impor?- i?s science, economics when he says, "ou? of ?he ?hree--vir?ue., wealth, and enjoy- m en? wealth is ?he mos? important. In fac? virtue and enjoymen? are roo?ed in wealth." (I. 8). This same idea was expressed by Sukra in almos? identical words: "Man is ?he slave of. weaRh, no? wealth of anybody. So a man should ever s?udious- ly labor for wealth. I? is ?hrough wealth alone ?ha? men get virtue, satisfaction and salvation." (2) Sukra, ?oo, lays down an impor?an? injunc- tion ?ha? princes ough? ?o read four sciences--logic, e?hics, wrtt? and polRics. He defines v?rtt? as dealing with interest, agriculture, commerce and caffie- rearing. "A man well-read in ?his science", wrRes he, "can never have any fear o[ unemploymen? and hunger." (8) Kamandaka does no? include in?eres? definRion of wrtta, bu? in o?her items he himself in ?he words of Sukracharya, as in ?he preceding para. (4) Bhagava?a Purana wrtta ?rea?s of. four subjects :--- agriculture, commerce, ca?fle-rearing and. interest. (5) A SanskrR .dictionary, Shabdar?ha-Chin?amani by name, quotes a Shloka which means "agriculture, commerce, and caffie-rearing, ?hese ?hree means of livelihood are deal? wi?h in vartta. (6) Then in ?he Devi-Purana (45[h Chapter) we read ?ha? vartta is so called because i? deals wRh cattle-rearing, :agriculture, commerce, and in?eres?. (7) Even vartta treats of Vaishya having in his expresses reproduced (X. 24, 81) declares that from Mann (IX, 826) we learn that cattle-rearing in particular. "A performed the marriage ceremony,