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 2.21

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[English text for this chapter is available]

śulkādhyakṣaḥ śulkaśālāṃ dhvajaṃ ca prānmukhamudanmukhaṃ vā mahādvārābhyāśe niveśayet || KAZ_02.21.01 ||

śulkādāyinaścatvāraḥ pañca vā sārthopayātānvaṇijo likheyuḥ ke kutastyāḥ kiyatpaṇyāḥ kva cābhijñānaṃ mudrā vā kṛtā iti || KAZ_02.21.02 ||

amudrāṇāmatyayo deyadviguṇaḥ || KAZ_02.21.03 ||

kūṭamudrāṇāṃ śulkāṣṭaguṇo daṇḍaḥ || KAZ_02.21.04 ||

bhinnamudrāṇāmatyayo ghaṭikāsthāne sthānam || KAZ_02.21.05 ||

rājamudrāparivartane nāmakṛte vā sapādapaṇikaṃ vahanaṃ dāpayet || KAZ_02.21.06 ||

dhvajamūlopasthitasya pramāṇamarghaṃ ca vaidehikāḥ paṇyasya brūyuḥ etatpramāṇenārgheṇa paṇyamidaṃ kaḥ kretā iti || KAZ_02.21.07 ||

triruddhoṣitamarthibhyo dadyāt || KAZ_02.21.08 ||

kretṛsaṃgharṣe mūlyavṛddhiḥ saśulkā kośaṃ gacchet || KAZ_02.21.09 ||

śulkabhayātpaṇyapramāṇa mūlyaṃ vā hīnaṃ bruvatastadatiriktaṃ rājā haret || KAZ_02.21.10 ||

śulkamaṣṭaguṇaṃ vā dadyāt || KAZ_02.21.11 ||

tadeva niviṣṭapaṇyasya bhāṇḍasya hīnaprativarṇakenārghāpakarṣaṇe sārabhāṇḍasya phalgubhāṇḍena praticchādane ca kuryāt || KAZ_02.21.12 ||

pratikretṛbhayādvā paṇyamūlyādupari mūlyaṃ vardhayato mūlyavṛddhiṃ rājā haretdviguṇaṃ vā śulkaṃ kuryāt || KAZ_02.21.13 ||

tadevāṣṭaguṇamadhyakṣasyacchādayataḥ || KAZ_02.21.14 ||

tasmādvikrayaḥ paṇyānāṃ dhṛto mito gaṇito vā kāryaḥ tarkaḥ phalgubhāṇḍānāmānugrāhikāṇāṃ ca || KAZ_02.21.15 ||

dhvajamūlamatikrāntānāṃ cākṛtaśulkānāṃ śulkādaṣṭaguṇo daṇḍaḥ || KAZ_02.21.16 ||

pathikotpathikāstadvidyuḥ || KAZ_02.21.17 ||

vaivāhikamanvāyanamaupāyikaṃ yajñakṛtyaprasavanaimittikaṃ devejyācaulopanayanagodānavratadīkṣādiṣu kriyāviśeṣeṣu bhāṇḍamucchulkaṃ gacchet || KAZ_02.21.18 ||

anyathāvādinaḥ steyadaṇḍaḥ || KAZ_02.21.19 ||

kṛtaśulkenākṛtaśulkaṃ nirvāhayato dvitīyamekamudrayā bhittvā paṇyapuṭamapaharato vaidehakasya tacca tāvacca daṇḍaḥ || KAZ_02.21.20 ||

śulkasthānādgomayapalālaṃ pramāṇaṃ kṛtvāpaharata uttamaḥ sāhasadaṇḍaḥ || KAZ_02.21.21 ||

śastravarmakavacaloharatharatnadhānyapaśūnāmanyatamamanirvāhyaṃ nirvāhayato yathāvaghuṣito daṇḍaḥ paṇyanāśaśca || KAZ_02.21.22 ||

teṣāmanyatamasyānayane bahirevocchulko vikrayaḥ || KAZ_02.21.23 ||

antapālaḥ sapādapaṇikāṃ vartanīṃ gṛhṇīyātpaṇyavahanasya paṇikāmekakhurasya paśūnāmardhapaṇikāṃ kṣudrapaśūnāṃ pādikāmaṃsabhārasya māṣikām || KAZ_02.21.24 ||

naṣṭāpahṛtaṃ ca pratividadhyāt || KAZ_02.21.25 ||

vaideśyaṃ sārthaṃ kṛtasāraphalgubhāṇḍavicayanamabhijñānaṃ mudrāṃ ca dattvā preṣayedadhyakṣasya || KAZ_02.21.26 ||

vaidehakavyañjano vā sārthapramāṇaṃ rājñaḥ preṣayet || KAZ_02.21.27 ||

tena pradeśena rājā śulkādhyakṣasya sārthapramāṇamupadiśetsarvajñakhyāpanārtham || KAZ_02.21.28 ||

tataḥ sārthamadhyakṣo'bhigamya brūyāt idamamuṣyāmuṣya ca sārabhāṇḍaṃ phalgubhāṇḍaṃ ca na nihūhitavyameṣa rājñaḥ prabhāvaḥ iti || KAZ_02.21.29 ||

nihūhataḥ phalgubhāṇḍaṃ śulkāṣṭaguṇo daṇḍaḥ sārabhāṇḍaṃ sarvāpahāraḥ || KAZ_02.21.30 ||

rāṣṭrapīḍākaraṃ bhāṇḍamucchindyādaphalaṃ ca yat || KAZ_02.21.31ab ||

mahopakāramucchulkaṃ kuryādbījaṃ ca durlabham || KAZ_02.21.31cd ||

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