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 4.11

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[English text for this chapter is available]

kalahe ghnataḥ puruṣaṃ citro ghātaḥ || KAZ_04.11.01 ||

saptarātrasyāntarmṛte śuddhavadhaḥ pakṣasyāntaruttamaḥ māsasyāntaḥ pañcaśataḥ samutthānavyayaśca || KAZ_04.11.02 ||

śastreṇa praharata uttamo daṇḍaḥ || KAZ_04.11.03 ||

madena hastavadhaḥ mohena dviśataḥ || KAZ_04.11.04 ||

vadhe vadhaḥ || KAZ_04.11.05 ||

prahāreṇa garbhaṃ pātayata uttamo daṇḍaḥ bhaiṣajyena madhyamaḥ parikleśena pūrvaḥ sāhasadaṇḍaḥ || KAZ_04.11.06 ||

prasabhastrīpuruṣaghātakābhisārakanigrāhakāvaghoṣakāvaskandakopavedhakānpathiveśmapratirodhakān rājahastyaśvarathānāṃ hiṃsakān stenānvā śūlānārohayeyuḥ || KAZ_04.11.07 ||

yaścaināndahedapanayedvā sa tameva daṇḍaṃ labheta sāhasamuttamaṃ vā || KAZ_04.11.08 ||

hiṃsrastenānāṃ bhaktavāsopakaraṇāgnimantradānavaiyāvṛtyakarmasūttamo daṇḍaḥ paribhāṣaṇamavijñāte || KAZ_04.11.09 ||

hiṃsrastenānāṃ putradāramasamantraṃ visṛjetsamantramādadīta || KAZ_04.11.10 ||

rājyakāmukamantaḥpurapradharṣakamaṭavyamitrotsāhakaṃ durgarāṣṭradaṇḍakopakaṃ vā śirohastapradīpikaṃ ghātayet || KAZ_04.11.11 ||

brāhmaṇaṃ tamaḥ praveśayet || KAZ_04.11.12 ||

mātṛpitṛputrabhrātrācāryatapasvighātakaṃ vātvagśiraḥprādīpikaṃ ghātayet || KAZ_04.11.13 ||

teṣāmākrośe jihvācchedaḥ aṅgābhiradane tadaṅgānmocyaḥ || KAZ_04.11.14 ||

yadṛcchāghāte puṃsaḥ paśuyūthasteye ca śuddhavadhaḥ || KAZ_04.11.15 ||

daśāvaraṃ ca yūthaṃ vidyāt || KAZ_04.11.16 ||

udakadhāraṇaṃ setuṃ bhindatastatraivāpsu nimajjanamanudakamuttamaḥ sāhasadaṇḍaḥ bhagnotsṛṣṭakaṃ madhyamaḥ || KAZ_04.11.17 ||

viṣadāyakaṃ puruṣaṃ striyaṃ ca puruṣaghnīmapaḥ praveśayedagarbhiṇīṃ garbhiṇīṃ māsāvaraprajātām || KAZ_04.11.18 ||

patiguruprajāghātikāmagniviṣadāṃ saṃdhicchedikāṃ vā gobhiḥ pāṭayet || KAZ_04.11.19 ||

vivītakṣetrakhalaveśmadravyahastivanādīpikamagninā dāhayet || KAZ_04.11.20 ||

rājākrośakamantrabhedakayoraniṣṭapravṛttikasya brāhmaṇamahānasāvalehinaśca jihvāmutpāṭayet || KAZ_04.11.21 ||

praharaṇāvaraṇastenamanāyudhīyamiṣubhirghātayet || KAZ_04.11.22 ||

āyudhīyasyottamaḥ || KAZ_04.11.23 ||

meḍhraphalopaghātinastadevacchedayet || KAZ_04.11.24 ||

jihvānāsopaghāte saṃdaṃśavadhaḥ || KAZ_04.11.25 ||

ete śāstreṣvanugatāḥ kleśadaṇḍā mahātmanām || KAZ_04.11.26ab ||

akliṣṭānāṃ tu pāpānāṃ dharmyaḥ śuddhavadhaḥ smṛtaḥ || KAZ_04.11.26cd ||

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The Kautiliya Arthasastra: 3 Volumes
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[Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt. Ltd.]

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A Dictionary of Technical Terms in Kautilya's Arthasastra
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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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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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