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 13.5

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[English text for this chapter is available]

dvividhaṃ vijigīṣoḥ samutthānaṃ aṭavyādikamekagrāmādikaṃ ca || KAZ_13.5.01 ||

trividhaścāsya lambhaḥ navo bhūtapūrvaḥ pitrya iti || KAZ_13.5.02 ||

navamavāpya lābhaṃ paradoṣān svaguṇaiśchādayet guṇān guṇadvaiguṇyena || KAZ_13.5.03 ||

svadharmakarmānugrahaparihāradānamānakarmabhiśca prakṛtipriyahitānyanuvarteta || KAZ_13.5.04 ||

yathāsambhāṣitaṃ ca kṛtyapakṣamupagrāhayetbhūyaśca kṛtaprayāsam || KAZ_13.5.05 ||

aviśvāso hi visaṃvādakaḥ sveṣāṃ pareṣāṃ ca bhavati prakṛtiviruddhācāraśca || KAZ_13.5.06 ||

tasmātsamānaśīlaveṣabhāṣācāratāmupagachet || KAZ_13.5.07 ||

deśadaivatasmājotsavavihāreṣu ca bhaktimanuvarteta || KAZ_13.5.08 ||

deśagrāmajātisaṃghamukhyeṣu cābhīkṣṇaṃ sattriṇaḥ parasyāpacāraṃ darśayeyuḥ māhābhāgyaṃ bhaktiṃ ca teṣu svāminaḥ svāmisatkāraṃ ca vidyamānam || KAZ_13.5.09 ||

ucitaiścainānbhogaparihārarakṣāvekṣaṇairbhuñjīta || KAZ_13.5.10 ||

sarvadevatāśramapūjanaṃ ca vidyāvākyadharmaśūrapuruṣāṇāṃ ca bhūmidravyadānaparihārān kārayetsarvabandhanamokṣaṇamanugrahaṃ dīnānāthavyādhitānāṃ ca || KAZ_13.5.11 ||

cāturmāsyeṣvardhamāsikamaghātam paurṇamāsīṣu ca cātūrātrikaṃ rājadeśanakṣatreṣvaikarātrikam || KAZ_13.5.12 ||

yonibālavadhaṃ puṃstvopaghātaṃ ca pratiṣedhayet || KAZ_13.5.13 ||

yacca kośadaṇḍopaghātakamadharmiṣṭhaṃ vā caritraṃ manyeta tadapanīya dharmyavyavahāraṃ sthāpayet || KAZ_13.5.14 ||

coraprakṛtīnāṃ mlecchajātīnāṃ ca sthānaviparyāsamanekasthaṃ kārayetdurgarāṣṭradaṇḍamukhyānāṃ ca || KAZ_13.5.15 ||

paropagṛhītānāṃ ca mantripurohitānāṃ parasya pratyanteṣvanekasthaṃ vāsaṃ kārayet || KAZ_13.5.16 ||

apakārasamarthānanukṣiyato vā bhartṛvināśamupāṃśudaṇḍena praśamayet || KAZ_13.5.17 ||

svadeśīyānvā pareṇa vāparuddhānapavāhitasthāneṣu sthāpayet || KAZ_13.5.18 ||

yaśca tatkulīnaḥ pratyādeyamādātuṃ śaktaḥ pratyantāṭavīstho vā prabādhitumabhijātaḥ tasmai viguṇāṃ bhūmiṃ prayacchet guṇavatyāścaturbhāgaṃ vā kośadaṇḍadānamavasthāpya yadupakurvāṇaḥ paurajānapadān kopayet || KAZ_13.5.19 ||

kupitaistairenaṃ ghātayet || KAZ_13.5.20 ||

prakṛtibhirupakruṣṭamapanayet aupaghātike vā deśe niveśayet iti || KAZ_13.5.21 ||

bhūtapūrve yena doṣeṇāpavṛttastaṃ prakṛtidoṣaṃ chādayet yena ca guṇenopāvṛttastaṃ tīvrīkuryāt iti || KAZ_13.5.22 ||

pitrye piturdoṣāṃśchādayet guṇāṃśca prakāśayet iti || KAZ_13.5.23 ||

caritramakṛtaṃ dharmyaṃ kṛtaṃ cānyaiḥ pravartayet || KAZ_13.5.24ab ||

pravartayenna cādharmyaṃ kṛtaṃ cānyairnivartayet || KAZ_13.5.24cd ||

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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
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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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