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 3.20

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[English text for this chapter is available]

dyūtādhyakṣo dyūtamekamukhaṃ kārayet || KAZ_03.20.01 ||

anyatra dīvyato dvādaśapaṇo daṇḍo gūḍhājīvijñāpanārtham || KAZ_03.20.02 ||

dyūtābhiyoge jetuḥ pūrvaḥ sāhasadaṇḍaḥ parājitasya madhyamaḥ || KAZ_03.20.03 ||

bāliśajātīyo hyeṣa jetukāmaḥ parājayaṃ na kṣamate ityācāryāḥ || KAZ_03.20.04 ||

nety kauṭilyaḥ || KAZ_03.20.05 ||

parājitaśceddviguṇadaṇḍaḥ kriyeta na kaścana rājānamabhisariṣyati || KAZ_03.20.06 ||

prāyaśo hi kitavāḥ kūṭadevinaḥ || KAZ_03.20.07 ||

teṣāmadhyakṣāḥ śuddhāḥ kākaṇīrakṣāṃśca sthāpayeyuḥ || KAZ_03.20.08 ||

kākaṇyakṣāṇāmanyopadhāne dvādaśapaṇo daṇḍaḥ kūṭakarmaṇi pūrvaḥ sāhasadaṇḍo jitapratyādānamupadhau steyadaṇḍaśca || KAZ_03.20.09 ||

jitadravyādadhyakṣaḥ pañcakaṃ śatamādadīta kākaṇyakṣārālāśalākāvakrayamudakabhūmikarmakrayaṃ ca || KAZ_03.20.10 ||

dravyāṇāmādhānaṃ vikrayaṃ ca kuryāt || KAZ_03.20.11 ||

akṣabhūmihastadoṣāṇāṃ cāpratiṣedhane dviguṇo daṇḍaḥ || KAZ_03.20.12 ||

tena samāhvayo vyākhyātaḥ anyatra vidyāśilpasamāhvayāt | iti || KAZ_03.20.13 ||

prakīrṇakaṃ tu yācitakāvakrītakāhitakanikṣepakāṇāṃ yathādeśakālamadāne yāmacchāyāsamupaveśasaṃsthitīnāṃ vā deśakālātipātane gulmataradeyaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ sādhayataḥ prativeśānuveśayorupari nimantraṇe ca dvādaśapaṇo daṇḍaḥ || KAZ_03.20.14 ||

saṃdiṣṭamarthamaprayacchato bhrātṛbhāryāṃ hastena laṅghayato rūpājīvāmanyoparuddhāṃ gacchataḥ paravaktavyaṃ paṇyaṃ krīṇānasya samudraṃ gṛhamudbhindataḥ sāmantacatvāriṃśatkulyābādhāmācarataścāṣṭacatvāriṃśatpaṇo daṇḍaḥ || KAZ_03.20.15 ||

kulanīvīgrāhakasyāpavyayane vidhavāṃ chandavāsinīṃ prasahyādhicarataḥ caṇḍālasyāryāṃ spṛśataḥ pratyāsannamāpadyanabhidhāvato niṣkāraṇamabhidhāvanaṃ kurvataḥ śākyājīvakādīnvṛṣalapravrajitāndevapitṛkāryeṣu bhojayataḥ śatyo daṇḍaḥ || KAZ_03.20.16 ||

śapathavākyānuyogamaniṣṛṣṭaṃ kurvataḥ yuktakarma cāyuktasya kṣudrapaśuvṛṣāṇāṃ puṃstvopaghātinaḥ dāsyā garbhamauṣadhena pātayataśca pūrvaḥ sāhasadaṇḍaḥ || KAZ_03.20.17 ||

pitāputrayordampatyorbhrātṛbhaginyormātulabhagineyayoḥ śiṣyācāryayorvā parasparamapatitaṃ tyajataḥ sārthābhiprayātaṃ grāmamadhye vā tyajataḥ pūrvaḥ sāhasadaṇḍaḥ kāntāre madhyamaḥ tannimittaṃ bhreṣayata uttamaḥ sahaprasthāyiṣvanyeṣvardhadaṇḍāḥ || KAZ_03.20.18 ||

puruṣamabandhanīyaṃ badhnato bandhayato bandhaṃ vā mokṣayato bālamaprāptavyavahāraṃ badhnato bandhayato vā sahasraṃ daṇḍaḥ || KAZ_03.20.19 ||

puruṣāparādhaviśeṣeṇa daṇḍaviśeṣaḥ kāryaḥ || KAZ_03.20.20 ||

tīrthakarastapasvī vyādhitaḥ kṣutpipāsādhvaklāntastirojanapado daṇḍakhedī niṣkiṃcanaścānugrāhyāḥ || KAZ_03.20.21 ||

devabrāhmaṇatapasvistrībālavṛddhavyādhitānāmanāthānāmanabhisaratāṃ dharmasthāḥ kāryāṇi kuryuḥ na ca deśakālabhogacchalenātihareyuḥ || KAZ_03.20.22 ||

pūjyā vidyābuddhipauruṣābhijanakarmātiśayataśca puruṣāḥ || KAZ_03.20.23 ||

evaṃ kāryāṇi dharmasthāḥ kuryuracchaladarśinaḥ || KAZ_03.20.24ab ||

samāḥ sarveṣu bhāveṣu viśvāsyā lokasampriyāḥ || KAZ_03.20.24cd ||

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Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Arthashastra Chapter 3.20

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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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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