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 3.11

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[English text for this chapter is available]

sapādapaṇā dharmyā māsavṛddhiḥ paṇaśatasya pañcapaṇā vyāvahārikī daśapaṇā kāntāragāṇām viṃśatipaṇā sāmudrāṇām || KAZ_03.11.01 ||

tataḥ paraṃ kartuḥ kārayituśca pūrvaḥ sāhasadaṇḍaḥ śrotṛṛṇāmekaikaṃ pratyardhadaṇḍaḥ || KAZ_03.11.02 ||

rājanyayogakṣemāvahe tu dhanikadhāraṇikayoścaritramavekṣeta || KAZ_03.11.03 ||

dhānyavṛddhiḥ sasyaniṣpattāv upārdhā paraṃ mūlyakṛtā vardheta || KAZ_03.11.04 ||

prakṣepavṛddhirudayādardhaṃ samnidhānasannā vārṣikī deyā || KAZ_03.11.05 ||

cirapravāsaḥ stambhapraviṣṭo vā mūlyadviguṇaṃ dadyāt || KAZ_03.11.06 ||

akṛtvā vṛddhiṃ sādhayato vardhayato vā mūlyaṃ vā vṛddhimāropya śrāvayato bandhacaturguṇo daṇḍaḥ || KAZ_03.11.07 ||

tucchaśrāvaṇāyāmabhūtacaturguṇaḥ || KAZ_03.11.08 ||

tasya tribhāgamādātā dadyāt śeṣaṃ pradātā || KAZ_03.11.09 ||

dīrghasattravyādhigurukuloparuddhaṃ bālamasāraṃ vā narṇamanuvardheta || KAZ_03.11.10 ||

mucyamānamṛṇamapratigṛhṇato dvādaśapaṇo daṇḍaḥ || KAZ_03.11.11 ||

kāraṇāpadeśena nivṛttavṛddhikamanyatra tiṣṭhet || KAZ_03.11.12 ||

daśavarṣopekṣitamṛṇamapratigrāhyamanyatra bālavṛddhavyādhitavyasaniproṣitadeśatyāgarājyavibhramebhyaḥ || KAZ_03.11.13 ||

pretasya putrāḥ kusīdaṃ dadyuḥ dāyādā vā rikthaharāḥ sahagrāhiṇaḥ pratibhuvo vā || KAZ_03.11.14 ||

na prātibhāvyamanyat || KAZ_03.11.15 ||

asāraṃ bālaprātibhāvyam || KAZ_03.11.16 ||

asaṃkhyātadeśakālaṃ tu putrāḥ pautrā dāyādā vā rikthaṃ haramāṇā dadyuḥ || KAZ_03.11.17 ||

jīvitavivāhabhūmiprātibhāvyamasaṃkhyātadeśakālaṃ tu putrāḥ pautrā vā vaheyuḥ || KAZ_03.11.18 ||

nānarṇasamavāye tu naikaṃ dvau yugapadabhivadeyātāmanyatra pratiṣṭhamānāt || KAZ_03.11.19 ||

tatrāpi gṛhītānupūrvyā rājaśrotriyadravyaṃ vā pūrvaṃ pratipādayet || KAZ_03.11.20 ||

dampatyoḥ pitāputrayoḥ bhrātṛṛṇāṃ cāvibhaktānāṃ parasparakṛtamṛṇamasādhyam || KAZ_03.11.21 ||

agrāhyāḥ karmakāleṣu karṣakā rājapuruṣāśca || KAZ_03.11.22 ||

strī cāpratiśrāviṇī patikṛtamṛṇamanyatra gopālakārdhasītikebhyaḥ || KAZ_03.11.23 ||

patistu grāhyaḥ strīkṛtamṛṇamapratividhāya proṣita iti || KAZ_03.11.24 ||

sampratipattāv uttamaḥ || KAZ_03.11.25 ||

asmapratipattau tu sākṣiṇaḥ pramāṇaṃ prātyayikāḥ śucayo'numatā vā trayo'varārdhyāḥ || KAZ_03.11.26 ||

pakṣānumatau vā dvau ṛṇaṃ prati na tvevaikaḥ || KAZ_03.11.27 ||

pratiṣiddhāḥ syālasahāyānvarthidhanikadhāraṇikavairinyaṅgadhṛtadaṇḍāḥ pūrve cāvyavahāryāḥ || KAZ_03.11.28 ||

rājaśrotriyagrāmabhṛtakakuṣṭhivraṇinaḥ patitacaṇḍālakutsitakarmāṇo'ndhabadhiramūkāhaṃ vādinaḥ strīrājapuruṣāśca anyatra svavargebhyaḥ || KAZ_03.11.29 ||

pāruṣyasteyasaṃgrahaṇeṣu tu vairisyālasahāyavarjāḥ || KAZ_03.11.30 ||

rahasyavyavahāreṣvekā strī puruṣa upaśrotā upadraṣṭā vā sākṣī syād rājatāpasavarjam || KAZ_03.11.31 ||

svāmino bhṛtyānāmṛtvigācāryāḥ śiṣyāṇāṃ mātāpitarau putrāṇāṃ cānigraheṇa sākṣyaṃ kuryuḥ tesāmitare vā || KAZ_03.11.32 ||

parasparābhiyoge caiṣāmuttamāḥ paroktā daśabandhaṃ dadyuḥ avarāḥ pañcabandham | iti sākṣyadhikāraḥ || KAZ_03.11.33 ||

brāhmaṇodakumbhāgnisakāśe sākṣiṇaḥ parigṛhṇīyāt || KAZ_03.11.34 ||

tatra brāhmaṇaṃ brūyātsatyaṃ brūhi iti || KAZ_03.11.35 ||

rājanyaṃ vaiśyaṃ vā mā taveṣṭāpūrtaphalaṃ kapālahastaḥ śatrukulaṃ bhikṣārthī gaccheḥ iti || KAZ_03.11.36 ||

śūdraṃ janmamaraṇāntare yadvaḥ puṇyaphalaṃ tad rājānaṃ gacched rājñaśca kilbiṣaṃ yuṣmānanyathāvāde daṇḍaścānubaddhaḥ paścādapi jñāyeta yathādṛṣṭaśrutamekamantrāḥ satyamupaharata iti || KAZ_03.11.37 ||

anupaharatāṃ saptarātrādūrdhvaṃ dvādaśapaṇo daṇḍaḥ tripakṣādūrdhvamabhiyogaṃ dadyuḥ || KAZ_03.11.38 ||

sākṣibhede yato bahavaḥ śucayo'numatā vā tato niyaccheyuḥ madhyaṃ vā gṛhṇīyuḥ || KAZ_03.11.39 ||

tadvā dravyaṃ rājā haret || KAZ_03.11.40 ||

sākṣiṇaścedabhiyogādūnaṃ brūyuratiriktasyābhiyoktā bandhaṃ dadyāt || KAZ_03.11.41 ||

atiriktaṃ vā brūyustadatiriktaṃ rājā haret || KAZ_03.11.42 ||

bāliśyādabhiyokturvā duhśrutaṃ durlikhitaṃ pretābhiniveśaṃ vā samīkṣya sākṣipratyayameva syāt || KAZ_03.11.43 ||

sākṣibāliṣyeṣveva pṛthaganuyoge deśakālakāryāṇāṃ pūrvamadhyamottamā daṇḍāḥ ityauśanasāḥ || KAZ_03.11.44 ||

kūṭasākṣiṇo yamarthamabhūtaṃ kuryurbhūtaṃ vā nāśayeyustaddaśaguṇaṃ daṇḍaṃ dadyuḥ iti mānavāḥ || KAZ_03.11.45 ||

bāliśyādvā visaṃvādayatāṃ citro ghātaḥ iti bārhaspatyāḥ || KAZ_03.11.46 ||

neti kauṭilyaḥ || KAZ_03.11.47 ||

dhruvaṃ hi sākṣibhiḥ śrotavyam || KAZ_03.11.48 ||

aśṛṇvatāṃ caturviṃśatipaṇo daṇḍaḥ tato'rdhamabruvāṇānām || KAZ_03.11.49 ||

deśakālāvidūrasthān sākṣiṇaḥ pratipādayet || KAZ_03.11.50ab ||

dūrasthānaprasārānvā svāmivākyena sādhayet || KAZ_03.11.50cd ||

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Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Arthashastra Chapter 3.11

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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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)

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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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