Rasarnavasudhakara 1.470
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1.470
Now the saṅghātya (breach of alliance): / The breaking of an alliance through the power of counsel, the power of wealth, the power of destiny, or personal valor / is illustrated as saṅghātya.
1.470.p1
Counsel (mantra) means the employment of policy (naya). Through its power, as in the Mudrārākṣasa, saṅghātya is exemplified by Cāṇakya's breaking of the enemy's allies. Through the power of wealth (artha), as in the Ādiparvan of the Mahābhārata, saṅghātya is exemplified by the gods causing a rift between the deeply affectionate Sunda and Upasunda by means of the asset named Tilottamā.
1.470.p2
Through the power of destiny, as in the Mahāvīracarita, Mālyavān [says]:
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- Rasārṇavasudhākara — Siṃhabhūpāla, Sanskrit