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 2.5

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[English text for this chapter is available]

samnidhātā kośagṛhaṃ paṇyagṛhaṃ koṣṭhāgāraṃ kupyagṛhamāyudhāgāraṃ bandhanāgāraṃ ca kārayet || KAZ_02.5.01 ||

caturaśrāṃ vāpīmannudakopasnehāṃ khānayitvā pṛthuśilābhirubhayataḥ pārśvaṃ mūlaṃ ca pracitya sāradārupañjaraṃ bhūmisamaṃ tritalamanekavidhānaṃ kuṭṭimadeśasthānatalamekadvāraṃ yantrayuktasopānaṃ bhūmigṛhaṃ kārayet || KAZ_02.5.02 ||

tasyoparyubhayatoniṣedhaṃ sapragrīvamaiṣṭakaṃ bhāṇḍavāhinīparikṣiptaṃ kośagṛhaṃ kārayetprāsādaṃ vā || KAZ_02.5.03 ||

janapadānte dhruvanidhimāpadarthamabhityaktaiḥ kārayet || KAZ_02.5.04 ||

pakveṣṭakāstambhaṃ catuḥśālamekadvāramanekasthānatalaṃ vivṛtastambhāpasāramubhayataḥ paṇyagṛhaṃ koṣṭhāgāraṃ ca || KAZ_02.5.05a ||

dīrghabahuśālaṃ kakṣyāvṛtakuḍyamantaḥ kupyagṛham tadeva bhūmigṛhayuktamāyudhāgāraṃ || KAZ_02.5.05b ||

pṛthagdharmasthīyaṃ mahāmātrīyaṃ vibhaktastrīpuruṣasthānamapasārataḥ suguptakakṣyaṃ bandhanāgāraṃ kārayet || KAZ_02.5.05c ||

sarveṣāṃ śālāḥ khātodapānavarcasnānagṛhāgniviṣatrāṇamārjāranakulārakṣāsvadaivatapūjanayuktāḥ kārayet || KAZ_02.5.06 ||

koṣṭhāgāre varṣamānamaratnimukhaṃ kuṇḍaṃ sthāpayet || KAZ_02.5.07 ||

tajjātakaraṇādhiṣṭhitaḥ purāṇaṃ navaṃ ca ratnaṃ sāraṃ phalgu kupyaṃ vā pratigṛhṇīyāt || KAZ_02.5.08 ||

tatra ratnopadhāv uttamo daṇḍaḥ kartuḥ kārayituśca sāropadhau madhyamaḥ phalgukupyopadhau tacca tāvacca daṇḍaḥ || KAZ_02.5.09 ||

rūpadarśakaviśuddhaṃ hiraṇyaṃ pratigṛhṇīyāt || KAZ_02.5.10 ||

aśuddhaṃ chedayet || KAZ_02.5.11 ||

āhartuḥ pūrvaḥ sāhasadaṇḍaḥ || KAZ_02.5.12 ||

śuddhaṃ pūrṇamabhinavaṃ ca dhānyaṃ pratigṛhṇīyāt || KAZ_02.5.13 ||

viparyaye mūlyadviguṇo daṇḍaḥ || KAZ_02.5.14 ||

tena paṇyaṃ kupyamāyudhaṃ ca vyākhyātam || KAZ_02.5.15 ||

sarvādhikaraṇeṣu yuktopayuktatatpuruṣāṇāṃ paṇādicatuṣpaṇaparamāpahāreṣu pūrvamadhyamottamavadhā daṇḍāḥ || KAZ_02.5.16 ||

kośādhiṣṭhitasya kośāvacchede ghātaḥ || KAZ_02.5.17 ||

tadvaiyāvṛtyakarāṇāmardhadaṇḍāḥ || KAZ_02.5.18 ||

paribhāṣaṇamavijñāte || KAZ_02.5.19 ||

corāṇāmabhipradharṣaṇe citro ghātaḥ || KAZ_02.5.20 ||

tasmādāptapuruWādhiṣṭhitaḥ samnidhātā nicayānanutiṣṭhet || KAZ_02.5.21 ||

bāhyamabhyantaraṃ cāyaṃ vidyādvarṣaśatādapi || KAZ_02.5.22a ||

yathā pṛṣṭo na sajjeta vyaye śeṣe ca saṃcaye || KAZ_02.5.22b ||

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Arthashastra Chapter 2.5

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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Kautilya's Arthasastra with Five Commentaris
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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Kautiliya Arthasastra (Gujarati translation)
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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