Kautilya's Arthashastra 1.10.7
Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 1.10.7
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1.10.7
parivrājikā labdhaviśvāsāntaḥpure kṛtasatkārā mahāmātram ekaikam upajapet - "rājamahiṣī tvāṃ kāmayate kṛtasamāgamopāyā, mahān arthaś ca te bhaviṣyati" iti //
A woman-spy under the guise of an ascetic and highly esteemed in the harem of the king may allure each prime minister (mahámátra) one after another, saying "the queen is enamoured of thee and has made arrangements for thy entrance into her chamber; besides this, there is also the certainty of large acquisitions of wealth."
Translations (1)
- Kautilya's Arthaśāstra — R. Shamasastry 1915, English
Commentaries (6)
- Pratipadapañcikā — Bhaṭṭasvāmin, Sanskrit
- Cāṇakyaṭīkā — Bhikṣu Prabhamati, Sanskrit
- Nayacandrikā — Mādhavayajvan, Sanskrit
- Śrīmūla — T. Gaṇapati Śāstrī, Sanskrit
- Arthaśāstravyākhyā Jayamaṅgalā — Sanskrit
- Nitinirṇīti — Yogghama, Sanskrit