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 7.3

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vijigīṣuḥ śaktyapekṣaḥ ṣāḍguṇyamupayuñjīta || KAZ_07.3.01 ||

samajyāyobhyāṃ saṃdhīyeta hīnena vigṛhṇīyāt || KAZ_07.3.02 ||

vigṛhīto hi jyāyasā hastinā pādayuddhamivābhyupaiti || KAZ_07.3.03 ||

samena cāmaṃ pātramāmenāhatamivobhayataḥ kṣayaṃ karoti || KAZ_07.3.04 ||

kumbhenevāśmā hīnenaikāntasiddhimavāpnoti || KAZ_07.3.05 ||

jyāyāṃścenna saṃdhimiccheddaṇḍopanatavṛttamābalīyasaṃ vā yogamātiṣṭhet || KAZ_07.3.06 ||

samaścenna saṃdhimicched yāvanmātramapakuryāttāvanmātramasya pratyapakuryāt || KAZ_07.3.07 ||

tejo hi saṃdhānakāraṇam || KAZ_07.3.08 ||

nātaptaṃ lohaṃ lohena saṃdhatta iti || KAZ_07.3.09 ||

hīnaścetsarvatrānupraṇatastiṣṭhetsaṃdhimupeyāt || KAZ_07.3.10 ||

āraṇyo'gniriva hi duḥkhāmarṣajaṃ tejo vikramayati || KAZ_07.3.11 ||

maṇḍalasya cānugrāhyo bhavati || KAZ_07.3.12 ||

saṃhitaścetparaprakṛtayo lubdhakṣīṇāpacaritāḥ pratyādānabhayādvā nopagacchanti iti paśyedd hīno'pi vigṛhṇīyāt || KAZ_07.3.13 ||

vigṛhītaścetparaprakṛtayo lubdhakṣīṇāpacaritā vigrahodvignā vā māṃ nopagacchanti iti paśyejjyāyānapi saṃdhīyeta vigrahodvegaṃ vā śamayet || KAZ_07.3.14 ||

vyasanayaugapadye'pi guruvyasano'smi laghuvyasanaḥ paraḥ sukhena pratikṛtya vyasanamātmano'bhiyuñjyāditi paśyejjyāyānapi saṃdhīyeta || KAZ_07.3.15 ||

saṃdhivigrahayoścetparakarśanamātmopacayaṃ vā nābhipaśyejjyāyānapyāsīta || KAZ_07.3.16 ||

paravyasanamapratikāryaṃ cetpaśyedd hīno'pyabhiyāyāt || KAZ_07.3.17 ||

apratikāryāsannavyasano vā jyāyānapi saṃśrayeta || KAZ_07.3.18 ||

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Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Arthashastra Chapter 7.3

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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