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 12.4

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[English text for this chapter is available]

ye cāsya durgeṣu vaidehakavyañjanāḥ grāmesu gṛhapatikavyañjanāḥ janapadasaṃdhiṣu gorakṣakatāpasavyañjanāḥ te sāmantāṭavikatatkulīnāparuddhānāṃ

paṇyāgārapūrvaṃ preṣayeyuḥ ayaṃ deśo hāryaḥ iti || KAZ_12.4.01 ||

āgatāṃścaiṣāṃ durge gūḍhapuruṣānarthamānābhyāmabhisatkṛtya prakṛticchidrāṇi pradarśayeyuḥ || KAZ_12.4.02 ||

teṣu taiḥ saha prahareyuḥ || KAZ_12.4.03 ||

skandhāvāre vāsya śauṇḍikavyañjanaḥ putramabhityaktaṃ sthāpayitvāvaskandakāle rasena pravāsayitvā naiṣecanikamiti madanarasayuktānmadyakumbhāñśataśaḥ prayacchet || KAZ_12.4.04 ||

śuddhaṃ vā madyaṃ pādyaṃ vā madyaṃ dadyādekamahaḥ uttaraṃ ras siddhaṃ prayacchet || KAZ_12.4.05 ||

śuddhaṃ vā madyaṃ daṇḍamukhyebhyaḥ pradāya madakāle rasasiddhaṃ prayacchet || KAZ_12.4.06 ||

daṇḍamukhyavyañjano vā putramabhityaktamiti samānam || KAZ_12.4.07 ||

pākvamāṃsikāudanikāuṇḍikāpūpikavyañjanā vā paṇyaviśeṣamavaghoṣayitvā parasparasaṃgharṣeṇa kālikaṃ samarghataramiti vā parānāhūya rasena svapaṇyānyapacārayeyuḥ || KAZ_12.4.08 ||

surākṣīradadhisarpistailāni vā tadvyavahartṛhasteṣu gṛhītā striyo bālāśca rasayukteṣu svabhājaneṣu parikireyuḥ || KAZ_12.4.09 ||

anenārgheṇa viśiṣṭaṃ vā bhūyo dīyatāmiti tatraivāvākireyuḥ || KAZ_12.4.10 ||

etānyeva vaidehakavyañjanāḥ paṇyavireyeṇāhartāro vā || KAZ_12.4.11 ||

hastyaśvānāṃ vidhāyavaseṣu rasamāsannā dadyuḥ || KAZ_12.4.12 ||

karmakaravyañjanā vā rasāktaṃ yavasamudakaṃ vā vikrīṇīran || KAZ_12.4.13 ||

cirasaṃsṛṣṭā vā govāṇijakā gavāmajāvīnāṃ vā yūthānyavaskandakāleṣu pareṣāṃ mohasthāneṣu pramuñceyuḥ aśvakharoṣṭramahiṣādīnāṃ duṣṭāṃśca || KAZ_12.4.14 ||

tadvyañjanā vā cucchundarīśoṇitāktākṣān || KAZ_12.4.15 ||

lubdhakavyañjanā vā vyālamṛgānpañjarebhyaḥ pramuñceyuḥ sarpagrāhā vā sarpānugraviṣān hastijīvino vā hastinaḥ || KAZ_12.4.16 ||

agnijīvino vāgnimavasṛjeyuḥ || KAZ_12.4.17 ||

gūḍhapuruṣā vā vimukhānpattyaśvarathadvipamukhyānabhihanyuḥ ādīpayeyurvā mukhyāvāsān || KAZ_12.4.18 ||

dūṣyāmitrāṭavikavyañjanāḥ praṇihitāḥ pṛṣṭhābhighātamavaskandapratigrahaṃ vā kuryuḥ || KAZ_12.4.19 ||

vanagūḍhā vā pratyantaskandhamupaniṣkṛṣyābhihanyuḥ ekāyane vīvadhāsāraprasārānvā || KAZ_12.4.20 ||

sasaṃketaṃ vā rātriyuddhe bhūritūryamāhatya brūyuḥ anupraviṣṭāḥ smo labdhaṃ rājyamiti || KAZ_12.4.21 ||

rājāvāsamanupraviṣṭā vā saṃkuleṣu rājānaṃ hanyuḥ || KAZ_12.4.22 ||

sarvato vā prayātamena (eva) mlecchāṭavikadaṇṭacāriṇaḥ sattrāpāśrayāḥ stambhavāṭāpāśrayā vā hanyuḥ || KAZ_12.4.23 ||

lubdhakavyañjanā vāvaskandasaṃkuleṣu gūḍhayuddhahetubhirabhihanyuḥ || KAZ_12.4.24 ||

ekāyane vā śailastambhavāṭakhañjanāntarudake vā svabhūmibalenābhihanyuḥ || KAZ_12.4.25 ||

nadīsarastaṭākasetubandhabhedavegena vā plāvayeyuḥ || KAZ_12.4.26 ||

dhānvanavanadurganimnadurgasthaṃ vā yogāgnidhūmābhyāṃ nāśayeyuḥ || KAZ_12.4.27 ||

saṃkaṭagatamagninā dhānvanagataṃ dhūmena nidhānagataṃ rasena toyāvagāḍhaṃ duṣṭagrāhairudakacaraṇairvā tīkṣṇāḥ sādhayeyuḥ ādīptāvāsānniṣpatantaṃ vā || KAZ_12.4.28 ||

yogavāmanayogābhyāṃ yogenānyatamena vā || KAZ_12.4.29ab ||

amitramatisaṃdadhyātsaktamuktāsu bhūmiṣu || KAZ_12.4.29cd ||

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Arthashastra Chapter 12.4

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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