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 2.26
[English text for this chapter is available]
sūnādhyakṣaḥ pradiṣṭābhayānāmabhayavanavāsināṃ ca mṛgapaśupakṣimatsyānāṃ bandhavadhahiṃsāyāmuttamaṃ daṇḍaṃ kārayetkuṭumbināmabhayavanaparigraheṣumadhyamam || KAZ_02.26.01 ||
apravṛttavadhānāṃ matsyapakṣiṇāṃ bandhavadhahiṃsāyāṃ pādonasaptaviṃśatipaṇamatyayaṃ kuryātmṛgapaśūnāṃ dviguṇam || KAZ_02.26.02 ||
pravṛttahiṃsānāmaparigṛhītānāṃ ṣaḍbhāgaṃ gṛhṇīyātmatsyapakṣiṇāṃ daśabhāgaṃ vādhikaṃ mṛgapaśūnāṃ śulkaṃ vādhikam || KAZ_02.26.03 ||
pakṣimṛgāṇāṃ jīvat ṣaḍbhāgamabhayavaneṣu pramuñcet || KAZ_02.26.04 ||
sāmudrahastyaśvapuruṣavṛṣagardabhākṛtayo matsyāḥ sārasā nādeyāstaṭākakulyodbhavā vā krauñcotkrośakadātyūhahaṃsacakravākajīvañjīvakabhṛṅgarājacakoramattakokilamayūraśukamadanaśārikā vihārapakṣiṇo maṅgalyāścānye'pi prāṇinaḥ pakṣimṛgā hiṃsābādhebhyo rakṣyāḥ || KAZ_02.26.05 ||
rakṣātikrame pūrvaḥ sāhasadaṇḍaḥ || KAZ_02.26.06 ||
mṛgapaśūnāmanasthimāṃsaṃ sadyohataṃ vikrīṇīran || KAZ_02.26.07 ||
asthimataḥ pratipātaṃ dadyuḥ || KAZ_02.26.08 ||
tulāhīne hīnāṣṭaguṇam || KAZ_02.26.09 ||
vatso vṛṣo dhenuścaiṣāmavadhyāḥ || KAZ_02.26.10 ||
ghnataḥ pañcāśatko daṇḍaḥ kliṣṭaghātaṃ ghātayataśca || KAZ_02.26.11 ||
pariśūnamaśiraḥpādāsthi vigandhaṃ svayaṃ mṛtaṃ ca na vikrīṇīran || KAZ_02.26.12 ||
anyathā dvādaśapaṇo daṇḍaḥ || KAZ_02.26.13 ||
duṣṭāḥ paśumṛgavyālā matsyaścābhayacāriṇaḥ || KAZ_02.26.14ab ||
anyatra guptisthānebhyo vadhabandhamavāpnuyuḥ || KAZ_02.26.14cd ||
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