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 3.3

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[English text for this chapter is available]

dvādaśavarṣā strī prāptavyavahārā bhavati ṣoḍaśavarṣaḥ pumān || KAZ_03.3.01 ||

ata ūrdhvamaśuśrūṣāyāṃ dvādaśapaṇaḥ striyā daṇḍaḥ puṃso dviguṇaḥ | iti śuśrūṣā || KAZ_03.3.02 ||

bharmaṇyāyāmanirdiṣṭakālāyāṃ grāsācchādanaṃ vādhikaṃ yathāpuruṣaparivāpaṃ saviśeṣaṃ dadyāt || KAZ_03.3.03 ||

nirdiṣṭakālāyāṃ tadeva saṃkhyāya bandhaṃ ca dadyāt || KAZ_03.3.04 ||

śulkastrīdhanādhivedanikānāmanādāne ca || KAZ_03.3.05 ||

śvaśurakulapraviṣṭāyāṃ vibhaktāyāṃ vā nābhiyojyaḥ patiḥ | iti bharma || KAZ_03.3.06 ||

naṣṭe vinaṣṭe nyaṅge apitṛke amātṛke ityanirdeśena vinayagrāhaṇam || KAZ_03.3.07 ||

veṇudalarajjuhastānāmanyatamena vā pṛṣṭhe trirāghātaḥ || KAZ_03.3.08 ||

tasyātikrame vāgdaṇḍapāruṣyadaṇḍābhyāmardhadaṇḍāḥ || KAZ_03.3.09 ||

tadeva striyā bhartari prasiddhadoṣāyāḥ || KAZ_03.3.10 ||

īrṣyayā bāhyavihāreṣu dvāreṣvatyayo yathānirdiṣṭaḥ | iti pāruṣyam || KAZ_03.3.11 ||

bhartāraṃ dviṣatī strī saptārtavānyamaṇḍayamānā tadānīmeva sthāpyābharaṇaṃ nidhāya bhartāramanyayā saha śayānamanuśayīta || KAZ_03.3.12 ||

bhikṣukyanvādhijñātikulānāmanyatame vā bhartā dviṣan striyamekāmanuśayīta || KAZ_03.3.13 ||

dṛṣṭaliṅge maithunāpahāre savarṇāpasarpopagame vā mithyāvādī dvādaśapaṇaṃ dadyāt || KAZ_03.3.14 ||

amokṣyā bharturakāmasya dviṣatī bhāryā bhāryāyāśca bhartā || KAZ_03.3.15 ||

parasparaṃ dveṣānmokṣaḥ || KAZ_03.3.16 ||

strīviprakārādvā puruṣaścenmokṣamicched yathāgṛhītamasyai dadyāt || KAZ_03.3.17 ||

puruṣaviprakārādvā strī cenmokṣamicchennāsyai yathāgṛhītaṃ dadyāt || KAZ_03.3.18 ||

amokṣo dharmavivāhānām | iti dveṣaḥ || KAZ_03.3.19 ||

pratiṣiddhā strī darpamadyakrīḍāyāṃ tripaṇaṃ daṇḍaṃ dadyāt || KAZ_03.3.20 ||

divā strīprekṣāvihāragamane ṣaṭpaṇo daṇḍaḥ puruṣaprekṣāvihāragamane dvādaśapaṇaḥ || KAZ_03.3.21 ||

rātrau dviguṇaḥ || KAZ_03.3.22 ||

suptamattapravrajane bharturadāne ca dvārasya dvādaśapaṇaḥ || KAZ_03.3.23 ||

rātrau niṣkasane dviguṇaḥ || KAZ_03.3.24 ||

strīpuṃsayormaithunārthenāṅgaviceṣṭāyāṃ raho'ślīlasambhāṣāyāṃ vā caturviṃśatipaṇaḥ striyā daṇḍaḥ puṃso dviguṇaḥ || KAZ_03.3.25 ||

keśanīvidantanakhālambaneṣu pūrvaḥ sāhasadaṇḍaḥ puṃso dviguṇaḥ || KAZ_03.3.26 ||

śaṅkitasthāne sambhāṣāyāṃ ca paṇasthāne śiphādaṇḍaḥ || KAZ_03.3.27 ||

strīṇāṃ grāmamadhye caṇḍālaḥ pakṣāntare pañcaśiphā dadyāt || KAZ_03.3.28 ||

paṇikaṃ vā prahāraṃ mokṣayet | ityatīcāraḥ || KAZ_03.3.29 ||

pratiṣiddhayoḥ strīpuṃsayoranyonyopakāre kṣudrakadravyāṇāṃ dvādaśapaṇo daṇḍaḥ sthūlakadravyāṇāṃ caturviṃśatipaṇaḥ hiraṇyasuvarṇayoścatuṣpañcāśatpaṇaḥ striyā daṇḍaḥ puṃsordviguṇaḥ || KAZ_03.3.30 ||

ta evāgamyayorardhadaṇḍāḥ tathā pratiṣiddhapuruṣavyavahāreṣu ca | iti pratiṣedhaḥ || KAZ_03.3.31 ||

rājadviṣṭāticārābhyāmātmāpakramaṇena ca || KAZ_03.3.32ab ||

strīdhanānītaśulkānāmasvāmyaṃ jāyate striyāḥ || KAZ_03.3.32cd ||

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Arthashastra Chapter 3.3

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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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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