Kautilya's Arthashastra 2.1.20
Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 2.1.20
- Language
- Sanskrit
2.1.20
sahodakam āhāryodakaṃ vā setuṃ bandhayet //
He shall also construct reservoirs (sétu) filled with water either perennial or drawn from some other source. Or he may provide with sites, roads, timber, and other necessary things those who construct reservoirs of their own accord. Likewise in the construction of places of pilgrimage (punyasthána) and of groves.
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
Discussed in (1)
- History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. — Bag 1997, English