Kautilya Arthashastra [sanskrit]

37,100 words | ISBN-13: 9788171106417

The Sanskrit edition of Kautilya’s Arthashastra, an ancient encyclopedic treatise dealing with the ssience of politics, economics and warfare. Other topics include internal and foreign affairs, civil, military, commercial, fiscal, judicial, tables of weights, measures of length and divisions of time. Kautilya is also named Vishnugupta and Chanakya and his Artha-shastra can be dated to 321-296 B.C. Original title: Kauṭilya-Arthaśāstra (कौटिल्य-अर्थशास्त्र).

Chapter 2.3

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[English text for this chapter is available]

caturdiśaṃ janapadānte sāmparāyikaṃ daivakṛtaṃ durgaṃ kārayet antardvīpaṃ sthalaṃ vā nimnāvaruddhamaudakam prāstaraṃ guhāṃ vā pārvataṃ

nirudakastambamiriṇaṃ vā dhānvanaṃ khañjanodakaṃ stambagahanaṃ vā vanadurgam || KAZ_02.3.01 ||

teṣāṃ nadīparvatadurgaṃ janapadārakṣasthānam dhānvanavanadurgamaṭavīsthānamāpadyapasāro vā || KAZ_02.3.02 ||

janapadamadhye samudayasthānaṃ sthānīyaṃ niveśayet vāstukapraśaste deśe nadīsaṅgame hradasyāviśoṣasyāṅke sarasastaṭākasya vā vṛttaṃ dīrghaṃ caturaśraṃ vā vāstuvaśena vā pradakṣiṇodakaṃ paṇyapuṭabhedanamaṃsapathavāripathābhyāmupetam || KAZ_02.3.03 ||

tasya parikhāstisro daṇḍāntarāḥ kārayet caturdaśa dvādaśa daśeti daṇḍānvistīrṇāḥ vistārādavagāḍhāḥ pādonamardhaṃ vā tribhāgamūlāḥ mūlacaturaśrā vā pāṣāṇopahitāḥ pāṣāṇeṣṭakābaddhapārśvā vā toyāntikīrāgantutoyapūrṇā vā saparivāhāḥ padmagrāhavatīśca || KAZ_02.3.04 ||

caturdaṇḍāpakṛṣṭaṃ parikhāyāḥ ṣaḍdaṇḍocchritamavaruddhaṃ taddviguṇaviṣkambhaṃ khātādvapraṃ kārayedūrdhvacayaṃ mañcapṛṣṭhaṃ kumbhakukṣikaṃ vā hastibhirgobhiśca kṣuṇṇaṃ kaṇṭakigulmaviṣavallīpratānavantam || KAZ_02.3.05 ||

pāṃsuśeṣeṇa vāstucchidraṃ rājabhavanaṃ vā pūrayet || KAZ_02.3.06 ||

vaprasyopari prākāraṃ viṣkambhadviguṇotsedhamaiṣṭakaṃ dvādaśahastādūrdhvamojaṃ yugmaṃ vā ā caturviṃśatihastāditi kārayet || KAZ_02.3.07a ||

rathacaryāsaṃcāraṃ tālamūlaṃ murajakaiḥ kapiśīrṣakaiścācitāgram || KAZ_02.3.07b ||

pṛthuśilāsaṃhataṃ vā śailaṃ kārayet na tveva kāṣṭamayam || KAZ_02.3.08 ||

agniravahito hi tasminvasati || KAZ_02.3.09 ||

viṣkambhacaturaśramaṭṭālakamutsedhasamāvakṣepasopānaṃ kārayettriṃśaddaṇḍāntaraṃ ca || KAZ_02.3.10 ||

dvayoraṭṭālakayormadhye saharmyadvitalāmadhyardhāyāyāmāṃ pratolīṃ kārayet || KAZ_02.3.11 ||

aṭṭālakapratolīmadhye tridhānuṣkādhiṣṭhānaṃ sāpidhānacchidraphalakasaṃhatamindrakośaṃ kārayet || KAZ_02.3.12 ||

antareṣu dvihastaviṣkambhaṃ pārśve caturguṇāyāmaṃ devapathaṃ kārayet || KAZ_02.3.13 ||

daṇḍāntarā dvidaṇḍāntarā vā caryāḥ kārayet agrāhye deśe pradhāvanikāṃ niṣkiradvāraṃ ca || KAZ_02.3.14 ||

bahirjānubhañjanīśūlaprakarakūpakūṭāvapātakaṇṭakapratisarāhipṛṣṭhatālapattraśṛṅgāṭakaśvadaṃṣṭrārgalopaskandanapādukāmbarīṣodapānakaiḥ praticchannaṃ channapathaṃ kārayet || KAZ_02.3.15 ||

prākāramubhayato meṇḍhakamadhyardhadaṇḍaṃ kṛtvā pratolīṣaṭtulāntaraṃ dvāraṃ niveśayetpañcadaṇḍādekottaramāṣṭadaṇḍāditi caturaśraṃ ṣaḍbhāgamāyāmādadhikamaṣṭabhāgaṃ vā || KAZ_02.3.16 ||

pañcadaśahastādekottaramāṣṭādaśahastāditi talotsedhaḥ || KAZ_02.3.17 ||

stambhasya parikṣepaḥ ṣaḍāyāmo dviguṇo nikhātaḥ cūlikāyāścaturbhāgaḥ || KAZ_02.3.18 ||

āditalasya pañcabhāgāḥ śālā vāpī sīmāgṛhaṃ ca || KAZ_02.3.19 ||

daśabhāgikau dvau pratimañcau antaramāṇīharmyaṃ ca || KAZ_02.3.20 ||

samucchrayādardhatale sthūṇābandhaśca || KAZ_02.3.21 ||

ardhavāstukamuttamāgāram tribhāgāntaraṃ vā iṣṭakāvabaddhapārśvam vāmataḥ pradakṣiṇasopānaṃ gūḍhabhittisopānamitarataḥ || KAZ_02.3.22 ||

dvihastaṃ toraṇaśiraḥ || KAZ_02.3.23 ||

tripañcabhāgikau dvau kapāṭayogau || KAZ_02.3.24 ||

dvau parighau || KAZ_02.3.25 ||

aratnirindrakīlaḥ || KAZ_02.3.26 ||

pañcahastamāṇidvāram || KAZ_02.3.27 ||

catvāro hastiparighāḥ || KAZ_02.3.28 ||

niveśārdhaṃ hastinakham || KAZ_02.3.29 ||

mukhasamaḥ saṃkramaḥ saṃhāryo bhūmimayo vā nirudake || KAZ_02.3.30 ||

prākārasamaṃ mukhamavasthāpya tribhāgagodhāmukhaṃ gopuraṃ kārayet || KAZ_02.3.31 ||

prākāramadhye vāpīṃ kṛtvā puṣkariṇīdvāraṃ catuḥśālamadhyardhāntaraṃ sāṇikaṃ kumārīpuraṃ muṇḍaharmyadvitalaṃ muṇḍakadvāram bhūmidravyavaśena vā niveśayet || KAZ_02.3.32 ||

tribhāgādhikāyāmā bhāṇḍavāhinīḥ kulyāḥ kārayet || KAZ_02.3.33 ||

tāsu pāṣāṇakuddālāḥ kuṭhārīkāṇḍakalpanāḥ || KAZ_02.3.34ab ||

muṣuṇḍhīmudgarā daṇḍāścakrayantraśataghnayaḥ || KAZ_02.3.34cd ||

kāryāḥ kārmārikāḥ śūlā vedhanāgrāśca veṇavaḥ || KAZ_02.3.35ab ||

uṣṭragrīvyo'gnisamyogāḥ kupyakalpe ca yo vidhiḥ || KAZ_02.3.35cd ||

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Arthashastra Chapter 2.3

The Kautiliya Arthasastra: 3 Volumes
by R.P. Kangle (2019)

[Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt. Ltd.]

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A Dictionary of Technical Terms in Kautilya's Arthasastra
by Bijoya Goswami Dev And Debarchana Sarkar Dev (2005)

DSA (Sanskrit), Jadavpur University Series; [Publisher: Sanskrit Pustak Bhandar]

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by Acharya Vishnu Gupta (आचार्य विष्णु गुप्त) (1991)

1947 pages; Set of 4 Volumes; [Sampurnanand Sanskrit University]

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The Arthasastra of Kautilya (Bengali Translation)
by Radhagovinda Basak (2015)

971 pages; Set of 2 Volumes; [Sanskrit Book Depot]

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Arthasastra of Kautilya (Hindi Translation)
by Vachaspati Gairola (वाचस्पति गैरोला) (2017)

910 pages; कौटिलीय अर्थशास्त्रम् (संस्कृत एवम् हिन्दी अनुवाद); [Publisher: Chaukhambha Vidya Bhawan]

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by Niteen R. Desai (નીતીન ર દેસાઈ) (2010)

359 pages; [Philosophical-Cultural Test] કૌટિલીય અર્થશાસ્ત્ર (દાર્શનિક -સાંસ્કૃતિક પરીક્ષણ); [Publisher: Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Bharatiya Sanskriti Vidyamandir, Ahemdabad]

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