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 6.1

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[English text for this chapter is available]

svāmyamātyajanapadadurgakośadaṇḍamitrāṇi prakṛtayaḥ || KAZ_06.1.01 ||

tatra svāmisampat || KAZ_06.1.02 ||

mahākulīno daivabuddhisattvasampanno vṛddhadarśī dhārmikaḥ satyavāgavisaṃvādakaḥ kṛtajñaḥ sthūlalakṣo mahotsāho'dīrghasūtraḥ śakyasāmanto dṛḍhabuddhirakṣudrapariṣatko vinayakāma ityābhigāmikā guṇāḥ || KAZ_06.1.03 ||

śuśrūṣāśravaṇagrahaṇadhāraṇavijñānohāpohatattvābhiniveśāḥ prajñāguṇāḥ || KAZ_06.1.04 ||

śauryamamarṣaḥ śīghratā dākṣyaṃ cotsāhaguṇāḥ || KAZ_06.1.05 ||

vāgmī pragalbhaḥ smṛtimatibalavānudagraḥ svavagrahaḥ kṛtaśilpo'vyasano daṇḍanāyyupakārāpakārayordṛṣṭapratīkārī hrīmānāpatprakṛtyorviniyoktā dīrghadūradarśī deśakālapuruṣakārakāryapradhānaḥ saṃdhivikramatyāgasamyamapaṇaparacchidravibhāgī saṃvṛto'dīnābhihāsyajihmabhrukuṭīkṣaṇaḥ kāmakrodhalobhastambhacāpalopatāpapaiśunyahīnaḥ śaklaḥ smitodagrābhibhāṣī vṛddhopadeśācāra ityātmasampat || KAZ_06.1.06 ||

amātyasampaduktā purastāt || KAZ_06.1.07 ||

madhye cānte ca sthānavānātmadhāraṇaḥ paradhāraṇaścāpadi svārakṣaḥ svājīvaḥ śatrudveṣī śakyasāmantaḥ paṅkapāṣāṇoṣaraviṣamakaṇṭakaśreṇīvyālamṛgāṭavīhīnaḥ kāntaḥ sītākhanidravyahastivanavān gavyaḥ pauruṣeyo guptagocaraḥ paśumānadevamātṛko vāristhalapathābhyāmupetaḥ sāracitrabahupaṇyo daṇḍakarasahaḥ karmaśīlakarṣako'bāliśasvāmyavaravarṇaprāyo bhaktaśucimanuṣya iti janapadasampat || KAZ_06.1.08 ||

durgasampaduktā purastāt || KAZ_06.1.09 ||

dharmādhigataḥ pūrvaiḥ svayaṃ vā hemarūpyaprāyaścitrasthūlaratnahiraṇyo dīrghāmapyāpadamanāyatiṃ saheteti kośasampat || KAZ_06.1.10 ||

pitṛpaitāmaho nityo vaśyastuṣṭabhṛtaputradāraḥ pravāseṣvavisaṃvāditaḥ sarvatrāpratihato duḥkhasaho bahuyuddhaḥ sarvayuddhapraharaṇavidyāviśāradaḥ sahavṛddhikṣayikatvādadvaidhyaḥ kṣatraprāya iti daṇḍasampat || KAZ_06.1.11 ||

pitṛpaitāmahaṃ nityaṃ vaśyamadvaidhyaṃ mahallaghusamutthamiti mitrasampat || KAZ_06.1.12 ||

arājabījī lubdhaḥ kṣudrapariṣatko viraktaprakṛtiranyāyavṛttirayukto vyasanī nirutsāho daivapramāṇo yatkiṃcanakāryagatirananubandhaḥ klībo nityāpakārī cetyamitrasampat || KAZ_06.1.13 ||

evaṃ bhūto hi śatruḥ sukhaḥ samucchettuṃ bhavati || KAZ_06.1.14 ||

arivarjāḥ prakṛtayaḥ saptaitāḥ svaguṇodayāḥ || KAZ_06.1.15ab ||

uktāḥ pratyaṅgabhūtāstāḥ prakṛtā rājasampadaḥ || KAZ_06.1.15cd ||

sampādayatyasampannāḥ prakṛtīrātmavānnṛpaḥ || KAZ_06.1.16ab ||

vivṛddhāścānuraktāśca prakṛtīrhantyanātmavān || KAZ_06.1.16cd ||

tataḥ sa duṣṭaprakṛtiścāturanto'pyanātmavān || KAZ_06.1.17ab ||

hanyate vā prakṛtibhiryāti vā dviṣatāṃ vaśam || KAZ_06.1.17cd ||

ātmavāṃstvalpadeśo'pi yuktaḥ prakṛtisampadā || KAZ_06.1.18ab ||

nayajñaḥ pṛthivīṃ kṛtsnāṃ jayatyeva na hīyate || KAZ_06.1.18cd ||

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Arthashastra Chapter 6.1

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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