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 3.16

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dattasyāpradānamṛṇādānena vyākhyātam || KAZ_03.16.01 ||

dattamavyavahāryamekatrānuśaye varteta || KAZ_03.16.02 ||

sarvasvaṃ putradāramātmānaṃ vā pradāyānuśayinaḥ prayacchet || KAZ_03.16.03 ||

dharmadānamasādhuṣu karmasu cāupaghātikeṣu vā arthadānamanupakāriṣvapakāriṣu vā kāmadānamanarheṣu ca || KAZ_03.16.04 ||

yathā ca dātā pratigrahītā ca nopahatau syātāṃ tathānuśayaṃ kuśalāḥ kalpayeyuḥ || KAZ_03.16.05 ||

daṇḍabhayādākrośabhayādanarthabhayādvā bhayadānaṃ pratigṛhṇataḥ steyadaṇḍaḥ prayacchataśca || KAZ_03.16.06 ||

roṣadānaṃ parahiṃsāyāṃ rājñāmupari darpadānaṃ ca || KAZ_03.16.07 ||

tatrottamo daṇḍaḥ || KAZ_03.16.08 ||

prātibhāvyaṃ daṇḍaśulkaśeṣamākṣikaṃ saurikaṃ ca nākāmaḥ putro dāyādo vā rikthaharo dadyāt | iti dattasyānapākarma || KAZ_03.16.09 ||

asvāmivikrayastu naṣṭāpahṛtamāsādya svāmī dharmasthena grāhayet || KAZ_03.16.10 ||

deśakālātipattau vā svayaṃ gṛhītvopaharet || KAZ_03.16.11 ||

dharmasthaśca svāminamanuyuñjīta kutaste labdhamiti || KAZ_03.16.12 ||

sa cedācārakramaṃ darśayeta na vikretāraṃ tasya dravyasyātisargeṇa mucyeta || KAZ_03.16.13 ||

vikretā ceddṛśyeta mūlyaṃ steyadaṇḍaṃ ca dadyāt || KAZ_03.16.14 ||

sa cedapasāramadhigacchedapasaredāpasārakṣayāt || KAZ_03.16.15 ||

kṣaye mūlyaṃ steyadaṇḍaṃ ca dadyāt || KAZ_03.16.16 ||

nāṣṭikaśca svakaraṇaṃ kṛtvā naṣṭapratyāhṛtaṃ labheta || KAZ_03.16.17 ||

svakaraṇābhāve pañcabandho daṇḍaḥ || KAZ_03.16.18 ||

tacca dravyaṃ rājadharmyaṃ syāt || KAZ_03.16.19 ||

naṣṭāpahṛtamanivedyotkarṣataḥ svāminaḥ pūrvaḥ sāhasadaṇḍaḥ || KAZ_03.16.20 ||

śulkasthāne naṣṭāpahṛtotpannaṃ tiṣṭhet || KAZ_03.16.21 ||

tripakṣādūrdhvamanabhisāraṃ rājā haretsvāmī vā svakaraṇena || KAZ_03.16.22 ||

pañcapaṇikaṃ dvipadarūpasya niṣkrayaṃ dadyāt catuṣpaṇikamekakhurasya dvipaṇikaṃ gomahiṣasya pādikaṃ kṣudrapaśūnām || KAZ_03.16.23 ||

ratnasāraphalgukupyānāṃ pañcakaṃ śataṃ dadyāt || KAZ_03.16.24 ||

paracakrāṭavīhṛtaṃ tu pratyānīya rājā yathāsvaṃ prayacchet || KAZ_03.16.25 ||

corahṛtamavidyamānaṃ svadravyebhyaḥ prayacchetpratyānetumaśakto vā || KAZ_03.16.26 ||

svayaṃ grāheṇāhṛtaṃ pratyānīya tanniṣkrayaṃ vā prayacchet || KAZ_03.16.27 ||

paraviṣayādvā vikrameṇānītaṃ yathāpradiṣṭaṃ rājñā bhuñjīta anyatrāryaprāṇebhyo devabrāhmaṇatapasvidravyebhyaśca | ityasvāmivikrayaḥ || KAZ_03.16.28 ||

svasvāmisambandhastu bhogānuvṛttirucchinnadeśānāṃ yathāsvaṃ dravyāṇām || KAZ_03.16.29 ||

yatsvaṃ dravyamanyairbhujyamānaṃ daśa varṣāṇyupekṣeta hīyetāsya anyatra bālavṛddhavyādhitavyasaniproṣitadeśatyāgarājyavibhramebhyaḥ || KAZ_03.16.30 ||

viṃśativarṣopekṣitamanavasitaṃ vāstu nānuyuñjīta || KAZ_03.16.31 ||

jñātayaḥ śrotriyāḥ pāṣaṇḍā vā rājñāmasaṃnidhau paravāstuṣu vivasanto na bhogena hareyuḥ upanidhimādhiṃ nidhiṃ nikṣepaṃ striyaṃ sīmānaṃ rājaśrotriyadravyāṇi ca || KAZ_03.16.32 ||

āśramiṇaḥ pāṣaṇḍā vā mahatyavakāśe parasparamabādhamānā vaseyuḥ || KAZ_03.16.33 ||

alpāṃ bādhāṃ saheran || KAZ_03.16.34 ||

pūrvāgato vā vāsaparyāyaṃ dadyāt || KAZ_03.16.35 ||

apradātā nirasyeta || KAZ_03.16.36 ||

vānaprasthayatibrahmacāriṇāmācāryaśiṣyadharmabhrātṛsamānatīrthyā rikthabhājaḥ krameṇa || KAZ_03.16.37 ||

vivādapadeṣu caiṣāṃ yāvantaḥ paṇā daṇḍāstāvatī rātrīḥ kṣapaṇābhiṣekāgnikāryamahākacchavardhanāni rājñaścareyuḥ || KAZ_03.16.38 ||

ahiraṇyasuvarṇāḥ pāṣaḍhāḥ sādhavaḥ || KAZ_03.16.39 ||

te yathāsvamupavāsavratairārādhayeyuḥ anyatra pāruṣyasteyasāhasasaṃgrahaṇebhyaḥ || KAZ_03.16.40 ||

teṣu yathoktā daṇḍāḥ kāryāḥ || KAZ_03.16.41 ||

pravrajyāsu vṛthācārān rājā daṇḍena vārayet || KAZ_03.16.42ab ||

dharmo hyadharmopahataḥ śāstāraṃ hantyupekṣitaḥ || KAZ_03.16.42cd ||

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Arthashastra Chapter 3.16

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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