Kautilya's Arthashastra 14.3.78
Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 14.3.78
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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.
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,
Translations (1)
- Kautilya's Arthaśāstra — R. Shamasastry 1915, English
Commentaries (4)
- Pratipadapañcikā — Bhaṭṭasvāmin, Sanskrit
- Cāṇakyaṭīkā — Bhikṣu Prabhamati, Sanskrit
- Nayacandrikā — Mādhavayajvan, Sanskrit
- Śrīmūla — T. Gaṇapati Śāstrī, Sanskrit