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Kautilya's Arthashastra 14.3.78

Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 14.3.78

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Sanskrit

14.3.78

pretanirmālikā kiṇvaṃ romāṇi nakulasya ca /
vṛścikāly(?).ahikṛttiś ca pade yasya nikhanyate /
bhavaty apuruṣaḥ sadyo yāvat tan nāpanīyate //

And the skin of scorpion, a bee, and a snake are buried under the feet of a man, that man will lose all human appearance so long as they are not removed.

R. Shamasastry 1915, Kautilya's Arthaśāstra

And is made into a paste with fæces (vishtávakshunna), its application brings on instantaneous death. When a flower garland of a dead body, the ferment derived from burning corpse, the hair of a mangoose,

R. Shamasastry 1915, Kautilya's Arthaśāstra

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