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 4.10

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[English text for this chapter is available]

tīrthaghātagranthibhedordhvakarāṇāṃ prathame'parādhe saṃdeśacchedanaṃ catuṣpañcāśatpaṇo vā daṇḍaḥ dvitīye chedanaṃ paṇasya śatyo vā daṇḍaḥ tṛtīye

dakṣiṇahastavadhaścatuḥśato vā daṇḍaḥ caturthe yathākāmī vadhaḥ || KAZ_04.10.01 ||

pañcaviṃśatipaṇāvareṣu kukkuṭanakulamārjāraśvasūkarasteyeṣu hiṃsāyāṃ vā catuṣpañcāśatpaṇo daṇḍaḥ nāsāgracchedanaṃ vā caṇḍālāraṇyacarāṇāmardhadaṇḍāḥ || KAZ_04.10.02 ||

pāśajālakūṭāvapāteṣu baddhānāṃ mṛgapaśupakṣivyālamatsyānāmādāne tacca tāvacca daṇḍaḥ || KAZ_04.10.03 ||

mṛgadravyavanānmṛgadravyāpahāre śātyo daṇḍaḥ || KAZ_04.10.04 ||

biṃbavihāramṛgapakṣisteye hiṃsāyāṃ vā dviguṇo daṇḍaḥ || KAZ_04.10.05 ||

kāruśilpikuśīlavatapasvināṃ kṣudrakadravyāpahāre śatyo daṇḍaḥ sthūlakadravyāpahāre dviśataḥ kṛṣidravyāpahāre ca || KAZ_04.10.06 ||

durgamakṛtapraveśasya praviśataḥ prākāracchidrādvā nikṣepaṃ gṛhītvāpasarataḥ kāṇḍarāvadho dviśāto vā daṇḍaḥ || KAZ_04.10.07 ||

cakrayuktaṃ nāvaṃ kṣudrapaśuṃ vāpaharata ekapādavadhaḥ triśato vā daṇḍaḥ || KAZ_04.10.08 ||

kūṭakākaṇyakṣārālāśalākāhastaviṣamakāriṇa ekahastavadhaḥ catuḥśato vā daṇḍaḥ || KAZ_04.10.09 ||

stenapāradārikayoḥ sācivyakarmaṇi striyāḥ saṃgṛhītāyāśca karṇanāsācchedanam pañcaśato vā daṇḍaḥ puṃṣo dviguṇaḥ || KAZ_04.10.10 ||

mahāpaśumekaṃ dāsaṃ dāsīṃ vāpaharataḥ pretabhāṇḍaṃ vā vikrīṇānasya dvipādavadhaḥ ṣaṭchato vā daṇḍaḥ || KAZ_04.10.11 ||

varṇottamānāṃ gurūṇāṃ ca hastapādalaṅghane rājayānavāhanādyārohaṇe caikahastapādavadhaḥ saptaśato vā daṇḍaḥ || KAZ_04.10.12 ||

śūdrasya brāhmaṇavādino devadravyamavastṛṇato rājadviṣṭamādiśato dvinetrabhedinaśca yogāñjanenāndhatvamaṣṭaśato vā daṇḍaḥ || KAZ_04.10.13 ||

coraṃ pāradārikaṃ vā mokṣayato rājaśāsanamūnamatiriktaṃ vā likhataḥ kanyāṃ dāsīṃ vā sahiraṇyamaparahataḥ kūṭavyavahāriṇo vimāṃsavikrayiṇaśca vāmahastadvipādavadho navaśato vā daṇḍaḥ || KAZ_04.10.14 ||

mānuṣamāṃsavikraye vadhaḥ || KAZ_04.10.15 ||

devapaśupratimāmanuṣyakṣetragṛhahiraṇyasuvarṇaratnasasyāpahāriṇa uttamo daṇḍaḥ śuddhavadho vā || KAZ_04.10.16 ||

puruṣaṃ cāparādhaṃ ca kāraṇaṃ gurulāghavam || KAZ_04.10.17ab ||

anubandhaṃ tadātvaṃ ca deśakālau samīkṣya ca || KAZ_04.10.17cd ||

uttamāvaramadhyatvaṃ pradeṣṭā daṇḍakarmaṇi || KAZ_04.10.18ab ||

rājñaśca prakṛtīnāṃ ca kalpayedantarā sthitaḥ || KAZ_04.10.18cd ||

Other print editions:

Also see the following print editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Arthashastra Chapter 4.10

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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