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 3.17

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[English text for this chapter is available]

sāhasamanvayavatprasabhakarma || KAZ_03.17.01 ||

niranvaye steyamapavyayane ca || KAZ_03.17.02 ||

ratnasāraphalgukupyānāṃ sāhase mūlyasamo daṇḍaḥ iti mānavāḥ || KAZ_03.17.03 ||

mūlyadviguṇaḥ ityauśanasāḥ || KAZ_03.17.04 ||

yathāparādha iti kauṭilyaḥ || KAZ_03.17.05 ||

puṣpaphalaśākamūlakandapakvānnacarmaveṇumṛdbhāṇḍādīnāṃ kṣudrakadravyāṇāṃ dvādśapaṇāvaraścaturviṃśatipaṇaparo daṇḍaḥ || KAZ_03.17.06 ||

kālāyasakāṣṭharajjudravyakṣudrapaśupaṭādīnāṃ sthūlakadravyāṇāṃ caturviṃśatipaṇāvaro'ṣṭacatvāriṃśatpaṇaparo daṇḍaḥ || KAZ_03.17.07 ||

tāmravṛttakaṃsakācadantabhāṇḍādīnāṃ sthūlakadravyāṇāmaṣṭacatvāriṃśatpaṇāvaraḥ ṣaṇṇavatiparaḥ pūrvaḥ sāhasadaṇḍaḥ || KAZ_03.17.08 ||

mahāpaśumanuṣyakṣetragṛhahiraṇyasuvarṇasūkṣmavastrādīnāṃ sthūlakadravyāṇāṃ dviśatāvaraḥ pañcaśataparo madhyamaḥ sāhasadaṇḍaḥ || KAZ_03.17.09 ||

striyaṃ puruṣaṃ vābhiṣahya badhnato bandhayato bandhaṃ vā mokṣayataḥ pañcaśatāvaraḥ sahasrapara uttamaḥ sāhasadaṇḍaḥ | ityācāryāḥ || KAZ_03.17.10 ||

yaḥ sāhasaṃ pratipattā iti kārayati sa dviguṇaṃ dadyāt || KAZ_03.17.11 ||

yāvadd hiraṇyamupayokṣyate tāvaddāsyāmi iti sa caturguṇaṃ daṇḍaṃ dadyāt || KAZ_03.17.12 ||

yaḥ etāvadd hiraṇyaṃ dāsyāmi iti pramāṇamuddiśya kārayati sa yathoktaṃ hiraṇyaṃ daṇḍaṃ ca dadyāt iti bārhaspatyāḥ || KAZ_03.17.13 ||

sa cetkopaṃ madaṃ mohaṃ vāpadiśed yathoktavaddaṇḍamenaṃ kuryāditi kauṭilyaḥ || KAZ_03.17.14 ||

daṇḍakarmasu sarveṣu rūpamaṣṭapaṇaṃ śatam || KAZ_03.17.15ab ||

śatātpareṣu vyājīṃ ca vidyātpañcapaṇaṃ śatam || KAZ_03.17.15cd ||

prajānāṃ doṣabāhulyād rājñāṃ vā bhāvadoṣataḥ || KAZ_03.17.16ab ||

rūpavyājyāvadharmiṣṭhe dharmyā tu prakṛtiḥ smṛtā || KAZ_03.17.16cd ||

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Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Arthashastra Chapter 3.17

The Kautiliya Arthasastra: 3 Volumes
by R.P. Kangle (2019)

[Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt. Ltd.]

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by Acharya Vishnu Gupta (आचार्य विष्णु गुप्त) (1991)

1947 pages; Set of 4 Volumes; [Sampurnanand Sanskrit University]

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by Radhagovinda Basak (2015)

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by Vachaspati Gairola (वाचस्पति गैरोला) (2017)

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by Niteen R. Desai (નીતીન ર દેસાઈ) (2010)

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