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 2.27

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[English text for this chapter is available]

gaṇikādhyakṣo gaṇikānvayāmagaṇikānvayāṃ vā rūpayauvanaśilpasampannāṃ sahasreṇa gaṇikāṃ kārayetkuṭumbārdhena pratigaṇikām || KAZ_02.27.01 ||

niṣpatitāpretayorduhitā bhaginī vā kuṭumbaṃ bhareta mātā vā pratigaṇikāṃ sthāpayet || KAZ_02.27.02 ||

tāsāmabhāve rājā haret || KAZ_02.27.03 ||

saubhāgyālaṃkāravṛddhyā sahasreṇa vāraṃ kaniṣṭhaṃ madhyamamuttamaṃ vāropayet chatrabhṛṅgāravyajanaśibikāpīṭhikāratheṣu ca viśeṣārtham || KAZ_02.27.04 ||

saubhāgyabhaṅge mātṛkāṃ kuryāt || KAZ_02.27.05 ||

niṣkrayaścaturviṃśatisāhasro gaṇikāyāḥ dvādaśasāhasro gaṇikāputrasya || KAZ_02.27.06 ||

aṣṭavarṣātprabhṛti rājñaḥ kuśīlavakarma kuryāt || KAZ_02.27.07 ||

gaṇikādāsī bhagnabhogā koṣṭhāgāre mahānase vā karma kuryāt || KAZ_02.27.08 ||

aviśantī sapādapaṇamavaruddhā māsavetanaṃ dadyāt || KAZ_02.27.09 ||

bhogaṃ dāyamāyaṃ vyayamāyatiṃ ca gaṇikāyā nibandhayet ativyayakarma ca vārayet || KAZ_02.27.10 ||

mātṛhastādanyatra abharaṇanyāse sapādacatuṣpaṇo daṇḍaḥ || KAZ_02.27.11 ||

svāpateyaṃ vikrayamādhānaṃ vā nayantyāḥ sapādapañcāśatpaṇaḥ paṇo'rdhapaṇacchedane || KAZ_02.27.12 ||

akāmāyāḥ kumāryā vā sāhase uttamo daṇḍaḥ sakāmāyāḥ pūrvaḥ sāhasadaṇḍaḥ || KAZ_02.27.13 ||

gaṇikāmakāmāṃ rundhato niṣpātayato vā vraṇavidāraṇena vā rūpaṃ upaghnataḥ sahasraṃ daṇḍaḥ || KAZ_02.27.14 ||

sthānviśeṣeṇa vā daṇḍavṛddhiḥ āniṣkrayadviguṇāt || KAZ_02.27.15 ||

prāptādhikāraṃ gaṇikāṃ ghatayato niṣkrayatriguṇo daṇḍaḥ || KAZ_02.27.16 ||

mātṛkāduhitṛkārūpadāsīnāṃ ghāte uttamaḥ sāhasadaṇḍaḥ || KAZ_02.27.17 ||

sarvatra prathame'parādhe prathamaḥ dvitīye dviguṇaḥ tṛtīye triguṇaḥ caturthe yathākāmī syāt || KAZ_02.27.18 ||

rājājñayā puruṣamanabhigacchantī gaṇikā śiphāsahasraṃ labheeta pañcasahasraṃ vā daṇḍaḥ || KAZ_02.27.19 ||

bhogaṃ gṛhītvā dviṣatyā bhogadviguṇo daṇḍaḥ || KAZ_02.27.20 ||

vasatibhogāpahāre bhogamaṣṭaguṇaṃ dadyādanyatra vyādhipuruṣadoṣebhyaḥ || KAZ_02.27.21 ||

puruṣaṃ ghnatyāścitāpratāpe'psu praveśanaṃ vā || KAZ_02.27.22 ||

gaṇikābharaṇamarthaṃ bhogaṃ vāpaharato'ṣṭaguṇo daṇḍaḥ || KAZ_02.27.23 ||

gaṇikā bhogamāyatiṃ puruṣaṃ ca nivedayet || KAZ_02.27.24 ||

etena naṭanartakagāyanavādakavāgjīvanakuśīlavaplavakasaubhikacāraṇānāṃ strīvyavahāriṇāṃ striyo gūḍhājīvāśca vyākhyātāḥ || KAZ_02.27.25 ||

teṣāṃ tūryamāgantukaṃ pañcapaṇaṃ prekṣāvetanaṃ dadyāt || KAZ_02.27.26 ||

rūpājīvā bhogadvayaguṇaṃ māsaṃ dadyuḥ || KAZ_02.27.27 ||

gītavādyapāṭhyanṛtyanāṭyākṣaracitravīṇāveṇumṛdaṅgaparacittajñānagandhamālyasamyūhanasaṃvādanasaṃvāhanavaiśikakalājñānāni gaṇikā dāsī raṅgopajīvinīśca grāhayato rājamaṇḍalādājīvaṃ kuryāt || KAZ_02.27.28 ||

gaṇikāputrān raṅgopajīvināṃ ca mukhyānniṣpādayeyuḥ sarvatālāvacarāṇāṃ ca || KAZ_02.27.29 ||

saṃjñābhāṣāntarajñāśca striyasteṣāmanātmasu || KAZ_02.27.30ab ||

cāraghātapramādārthaṃ prayojyā bandhuvāhanāḥ || KAZ_02.27.30cd ||

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