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 4.9

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[English text for this chapter is available]

samāhartṛpradeṣṭāraḥ pūrvamadhyakṣāṇāmadhyakṣapuruṣāṇāṃ ca niyamanaṃ kuryuḥ || KAZ_04.9.01 ||

khanisārakarmāntebhyaḥ sāraṃ ratnaṃ vāpaharataḥ śuddhavadhaḥ || KAZ_04.9.02 ||

phalgudravyakarmāntebhyaḥ phalgu dravyamupaskaraṃ vā pūrvaḥ sāhasadaṇḍaḥ || KAZ_04.9.03 ||

paṇyabhūmibhyo vā rājapaṇyaṃ māṣamūlyādūrdhvamāpādamūlyādityapaharato dvādaśapaṇo daṇḍaḥ ādvipādamūlyāditi caturviṃśatipaṇaḥ ātripādamūlyāditi ṣaṭtriṃśatpaṇaḥ āpaṇamūlyādityaṣṭacatvāriṃśatpaṇaḥ ādvipaṇamūlyāditi pūrvaḥ sāhasadaṇḍaḥ ācatuṣpaṇamūlyāditi madhyamaḥ āṣṭapaṇamūlyādityuttamaḥ ādaśapaṇamūlyāditi vadhaḥ || KAZ_04.9.04 ||

koṣṭhapaṇyakupyāyudhāgārebhyaḥ kupyabhāṇḍopaskarāpahāreṣvardhamūlyeṣu eta eva daṇḍāḥ || KAZ_04.9.05 ||

kośabhāṇḍāgārākṣaśālābhyaścaturbhāgamūlyeṣu eta eva dviguṇā daṇḍāḥ || KAZ_04.9.06 ||

corāṇāmabhipradharṣaṇe citro ghātaḥ || KAZ_04.9.07 ||

iti rājaparigraheṣu vyākhyātam || KAZ_04.9.08 ||

bāhyeṣu tu pracchannamahani kṣetrakhalaveśmāpaṇebhyaḥ kupyabhāṇḍamupaskaraṃ vā māṣamūlyādūrdhvamāpādamūlyādityapaharatastripaṇo daṇḍaḥ gomayapradehena vā pralipyāvaghoṣaṇamādvipādamūlyāditi ṣaṭpaṇaḥ gomayabhasmanā vā pralipyāvaghoṣaṇamātripādamūlyāditi navapaṇaḥ gomayabhasmanā vā pralipyāvaghoṣaṇaṃ śarāvamekhalayā vā āpaṇamūlyāditi dvādaśapaṇaḥ muṇḍanaṃ pravrājanaṃ vā ādvipaṇamūlyāditi caturviṃśatipaṇaḥ muṇḍasyeṣṭakāśakalena pravrājanaṃ vā ācatuṣpaṇamūlyāditi ṣaṭtriṃśatpaṇah āpañcapaṇamūlyādityaṣṭacatvāriṃśatpaṇaḥ ādaśapaṇamūlyāditi pūrvaḥ sāhasadaṇḍah āviṃśatipaṇamūlyāditdviśatah ātriṃśatpaṇamūlyāditi pañcaśatah ācatvāriṃśatpaṇamūlyāditi sāhasrah āpañcāśatpaṇamūlyāditi vadhaḥ || KAZ_04.9.09 ||

prasahya divā rātrau vāntaryāmikamapaharato'rdhamūlyeṣu eta eva daṇḍāḥ || KAZ_04.9.10 ||

prasahya divā rātrau vā saśastrasyāpaharataścaturbhāgamūlyeṣu eta eva dviguṇā daṇḍāḥ || KAZ_04.9.11 ||

kuṭuṃbikādhyakṣamukhyasvāmināṃ kūṭaśāsanamudrākarmasu pūrvamadhyottamavadhā daṇḍāḥ yathāparādhaṃ vā || KAZ_04.9.12 ||

dharmasthaścedvivadamānaṃ puruṣaṃ tarjayati bhartsayatyapasārayatyabhigrasate vā pūrvamasmai sāhasadaṇḍaṃ kuryāt vākpāruṣye dviguṇam || KAZ_04.9.13 ||

pṛcchyaṃ na pṛcchati apṛcchyaṃ pṛcchati pṛṣṭvā vā visṛjati śikṣayati smārayati pūrvaṃ dadāti vā iti madhyamamasmai sāhasadaṇḍaṃ kuryāt || KAZ_04.9.14 ||

deyaṃ deśaṃ na pṛcchati adeyaṃ deśaṃ pṛcchati kāryamadeśenātivāhayati chalenātiharati kālaharaṇena śrāntamapavāhayati mārgāpannaṃ vākyamutkramayati matisāhāyyaṃ sākṣibhyo dadāti tāritānuśiṣṭaṃ kāryaṃ punarapi gṛhṇāti uttamamasmai sāhasadaṇḍaṃ kuryāt || KAZ_04.9.15 ||

punaraparādhe dviguṇaṃ sthānādvyavaropaṇaṃ ca || KAZ_04.9.16 ||

lekhakaśceduktaṃ na likhati anuktaṃ likhati duruktamupalikhati sūktamullikhati arthotpattiṃ vā vikalpayati iti pūrvamasmai sāhasadaṇḍaṃ kuryād yathāparādhaṃ vā || KAZ_04.9.17 ||

dharmasthaḥ pradeṣṭā vā hairaṇyadaṇḍamadaṇḍye kṣipati kṣepadviguṇamasmai daṇḍaṃ kuryāt hīnātiriktāṣṭaguṇaṃ vā || KAZ_04.9.18 ||

śarīradaṇḍaṃ kṣipati śārīrameva daṇḍaṃ bhajeta niṣkrayadviguṇaṃ vā || KAZ_04.9.19 ||

yaṃ vā bhūtamarthaṃ nāśayati abhūtamarthaṃ karoti tadaṣṭaguṇaṃ daṇḍaṃ dadyāt || KAZ_04.9.20 ||

dharmasthīye cārake bandhanāgāre vā śayyāsanabhojanoccārasaṃcārarodhabandhaneṣu tripaṇottarā daṇḍāḥ kartuḥ kārayituśca || KAZ_04.9.21 ||

cārakādabhiyuktaṃ muñcato niṣpātayato vā madhyamaḥ sāhasadaṇḍaḥ abhiyogadānaṃ ca bandhanāgārātsarvasvaṃ vadhaśca || KAZ_04.9.22 ||

bandhanāgārādhyakṣasya saṃruddhakamanākhyāya cārayataścaturviṃśatipaṇo daṇḍaḥ karma kārayato dviguṇaḥ sthānānyatvaṃ gamayato'nnapānaṃ vā rundhataḥ ṣaṇṇavatirdaṇḍaḥ parikleśayata utkoṭayato vā madhyamaḥ sāhasadaṇḍaḥ ghnataḥ sāhasraḥ || KAZ_04.9.23 ||

parigṛhītāṃ dāsīmāhitikāṃ vā saṃruddhikāmadhicarataḥ pūrvaḥ sāhasadaṇḍaḥ coraḍāmarikabhāryāṃ madhyamaḥ saṃruddhikāmāryāmuttamaḥ || KAZ_04.9.24 ||

saṃruddhasya vā tatraiva ghātaḥ || KAZ_04.9.25 ||

tadevākṣaṇagṛhītāyāmāryāyāṃ vidyātdāsyāṃ pūrvaḥ sāhasadaṇḍaḥ || KAZ_04.9.26 ||

cārakamabhittvā niṣpātayato madhyamaḥ bhittvā vadhaḥ bandhanāgārātsarvasvaṃ vadhaśca || KAZ_04.9.27 ||

evamarthacarānpūrvaṃ rājā daṇḍena śodhayet || KAZ_04.9.28ab ||

śodhayeyuśca śuddhāste paurajānapadāndamaiḥ || KAZ_04.9.28cd ||

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Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Arthashastra Chapter 4.9

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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