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Kautilya's Arthashastra 14.3.1

Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 14.3.1

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Sanskrit

14.3.1

mārjāroṣṭravṛkavarāhaśvāvidvāgulīnaptṛ.kākolūkānām anyeṣāṃ vā niśācarāṇāṃ sattvānām ekasya dvayor bahūnāṃ vā dakṣiṇāni vāmāni cākṣīṇi gṛhītvā dvidhā cūrṇaṃ kārayet //

HAVING pulled out both the right and the left eye-balls of a cat, camel, wolf, boar, porcupine, váguli (?), naptri (?), crow and owl, or of any one, two, or three, or many of such animals as roam at nights, one should reduce them to two kinds of powder. Whoever anoints his own right eye with the powder of the left eye and his left eye with the powder of the right eye-ball can clearly see things even in pitch dark at night.

R. Shamasastry 1915, Kautilya's Arthaśāstra

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