Kautilya's Arthashastra 10.3.45
Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 10.3.45
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10.3.45
senāpatir arthamānābhyām abhisaṃskṛtam anīkam ābhāṣeta - "śatasāhasro rājavadhaḥ, pañcāśatsāhasraḥ senāpatikumāravadhaḥ, daśasāhasraḥ pravīramukhyavadhaḥ, pañcasāhasro hastirathavadhaḥ, sāhasro 'śvavadhaḥ, śatyaḥ pattimukhyavadhaḥ, śiro viṃśatikaṃ bhogadvaiguṇyaṃ svayaṃgrāhaś ca" iti //
After having pleased the army with rewards and honours, the commander-in-chief should address it and say:--
A hundred thousand (panas) for slaying the king (the enemy); fifty thousand for slaying the commander-in-chief, and the heir-apparent; ten thousand for slaying the chief of the brave; five thousand for destroying an elephant, or a chariot; a thousand for killing a horse, a hundred (panas) for slaying the chief of the infantry; twenty for bringing a head; and twice the pay in addition to whatever is seized. This information should be made known to the leaders of every group of ten (men).
Translations (1)
- Kautilya's Arthaśāstra — R. Shamasastry 1915, English
Commentaries (4)
- Nayacandrikā — Mādhavayajvan 1500, Sanskrit
- Pratipadapañcikā — Bhaṭṭasvāmin, Sanskrit
- Cāṇakyaṭīkā — Bhikṣu Prabhamati, Sanskrit
- Śrīmūla — T. Gaṇapati Śāstrī, Sanskrit