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 2.1

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bhūtapūrvamabhūtapūrvaṃ vā janapadaṃ paradeśāpavāhanena svadeśābhiṣyandavamanena vā niveśayet || KAZ_02.01.01 ||

śūdrakarṣakaprāyaṃ kulaśatāvaraṃ pañcakulaśataparaṃ grāmaṃ krośadvikrośasīmānamanyonyārakṣaṃ niveśayet || KAZ_02.01.02 ||

nalīśailavanabhṛṣṭidarīsetubandhaśamīśālmalīkṣīravṛkṣānanteṣu sīmnāṃ sthāpayet || KAZ_02.01.03 ||

aṣṭaśatagrāmyā madhye sthānīyaṃ catuhśatagrāmyā droṇamukham dviśatagrāmyāḥ kārvaṭikam daśagrāmīsaṃgraheṇa saṃgrahaṃ sthāpayet || KAZ_02.01.04 ||

anteṣvantapāladurgāṇi janapadadvārāṇyantapālādhiṣṭhitāni sthāpayet || KAZ_02.01.05 ||

teṣāmantarāṇi vāgurikaśabarapulindacaṇḍālāraṇyacarā rakṣeyuḥ || KAZ_02.01.06 ||

ṛtvigācāryapurohitaśrotriyebhyo brahmadeyānyadaṇḍakarāṇyabhirūpadāyādakāni prayacchet || KAZ_02.01.07a ||

adhyakṣasaṃkhyāyakādibhyo gopasthānikānīkasthacikitsakāśvadamakajaṅghākārikebhyaśca vikrayādhānavarjāni || KAZ_02.01.07b ||

karadebhyaḥ kṛtakṣetrāṇyaikapuruṣikāṇi prayacchet || KAZ_02.01.08 ||

akṛtāni kartṛbhyo nādeyāni || KAZ_02.01.09 ||

akṛṣatāmāchidyānyebhyaḥ prayacchet || KAZ_02.01.10 ||

grāmabhṛtakavaidehakā vā kṛṣeyuḥ || KAZ_02.01.11 ||

akṛṣanto vāvahīnaṃ dadyuḥ || KAZ_02.01.12 ||

dhānyapaśuhiraṇyaiścaitānanugṛhṇīyāt || KAZ_02.01.13 ||

tānyanu sukhena dadyuḥ || KAZ_02.01.14 ||

anugrahaparihārau caitebbhyaḥ kośavṛddhikarau dadyātkośopaghātakau varjayet || KAZ_02.01.15 ||

alpakośo hi rājā paurajānapadāneva grasate || KAZ_02.01.16 ||

niveśasamakālaṃ yathāgatakaṃ vā parihāraṃ dadyāt || KAZ_02.01.17 ||

nivṛttaparihārānpitevānugṛhṇīyāt || KAZ_02.01.18 ||

ākarakarmāntadravyahastivanavrajavaṇikpathapracārānvāristhalapathapaṇyapattanāni ca niveśayet || KAZ_02.01.19 ||

sahodakamāhāryodakaṃ vā setuṃ bandhayet || KAZ_02.01.20 ||

anyeṣāṃ vā badhnatāṃ bhūmimārgavṛkṣopakaraṇānugrahaṃ kuryātpuṇyasthānārāmāṇāṃ ca || KAZ_02.01.21 ||

sambhūyasetubandhādapakrāmataḥ karmakarabalīvardāḥ karma kuryuḥ || KAZ_02.01.22 ||

vyayakarmaṇi ca bhāgī syāt na cāṃśaṃ labheta || KAZ_02.01.23 ||

matsyaplavaharitapaṇyānāṃ setuṣu rājā svāmyaṃ gacchet || KAZ_02.01.24 ||

dāsāhitakabandhūnaśṛṇvato rājā vinayaṃ grāhayet || KAZ_02.01.25 ||

bālavṛddhavyasanyanāthāṃśca rājā bibhṛyātstriyamaprajātāṃ prajātāyaśca putrān || KAZ_02.01.26 ||

bāladravyaṃ grāmavṛddhā vardhayeyurā vyavahāraprāpaṇātdevadravyaṃ ca || KAZ_02.01.27 ||

apatyadāraṃ mātāpitarau bhrātṛṛnaprāptavyavahārānbhaginīḥ kanyā vidhavāścābibhrataḥ śaktimato dvādaśapaṇo daṇḍaḥ anyatra patitebhyaḥ anyatra mātuḥ || KAZ_02.01.28 ||

putradāramapratividhāya pravrajataḥ pūrvaḥ sāhasadaṇḍaḥ striyaṃ ca pravrājayataḥ || KAZ_02.01.29 ||

luptavyāyāmaḥ pravrajedāpṛcchya dharmasthān || KAZ_02.01.30 ||

anyathā niyamyeta || KAZ_02.01.31 ||

vānaprasthādanyaḥ pravrajitabhāvaḥ sajātādanyaḥ saṃghaḥ sāmutthāyikādanyaḥ samayānubandho vā nāsya janapadamupaniviśeta || KAZ_02.01.32 ||

na ca tatrārāmā vihārārthā vā śālāḥ syuḥ || KAZ_02.01.33 ||

naṭanartakagāyanavādakavāgjīvanakuśīlavā na karmavighnaṃ kuryuḥ || KAZ_02.01.34 ||

nirāśrayatvādgrāmāṇāṃ kṣetrābhiratatvācca puruṣāṇāṃ kośaviṣṭidravyadhānyarasavṛddhirbhavati || KAZ_02.01.35 ||

paracakrāṭavīgrastaṃ vyādhidurbhikṣapīḍitam || KAZ_02.01.36ab ||

deśaṃ parihared rājā vyayakrīḍāśca vārayet || KAZ_02.01.36cd ||

daṇḍaviṣṭikarābādhai rakṣedupahatāṃ kṛṣim || KAZ_02.01.37ab ||

stenavyālaviṣagrāhairvyādhibhiśca paśuvrajān || KAZ_02.01.37cd ||

vallabhaiḥ kārmikaiḥ stenairantapālaiśca pīḍitam || KAZ_02.01.38ab ||

śodhayetpaśusaṃghaiśca kṣīyamāṇaṃ vaṇikpatham || KAZ_02.01.38cd ||

evaṃ dravyadvipavanaṃ setubandhamathākarān || KAZ_02.01.39ab ||

rakṣetpūrvakṛtān rājā navāṃścābhipravartayet || KAZ_02.01.39cd ||

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Arthashastra Chapter 2.1

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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