[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Polity, Pleasure & Law](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti) › [Polity and Statecraft](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha) › [Kautilya's Arthashastra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya) › 1.7.7 # Kautilya's Arthashastra 1.7.7 Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 1.7.7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya.1.7.7) arthamūlau hi dharmakāmāv iti // > Kautilya holds that wealth and wealth alone is important, inasmuch as charity and desire depend upon wealth for their realisation. > — R. Shamasastry 1915, Kautilya's Arthaśāstra - [Previous: 1.7.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya.1.7.6) - [Next: 1.7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya.1.7.8) - [Up: 1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya.1.7) ## Translations (1) - [Kautilya's Arthaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya~en-shamasastry.1.7.p5) — R. Shamasastry 1915, English ## Commentaries (5) - [Pratipadapañcikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya!bhattasvamin) — Bhaṭṭasvāmin, Sanskrit - [Cāṇakyaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya!prabhamati) — Bhikṣu Prabhamati, Sanskrit - [Nayacandrikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya!madhavayajvan) — Mādhavayajvan, Sanskrit - [Śrīmūla](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya!t-ganapati-sastri) — T. Gaṇapati Śāstrī, Sanskrit - [Śrīmūla](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya!ganapatisastrin) — Gaṇapatisāstrin, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya.1.7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya.1.7.7) · Pramāṇa