Kautilya's Arthashastra 2.26.1

Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 2.26.1

Language: Sanskrit

2.26.1

sūnādhyakṣaḥ pradiṣṭābhayānām abhayavanavāsināṃ ca mṛgapaśupakṣimatsyānāṃ bandhavadhahiṃsāyām uttamaṃ daṇḍaṃ kārayet, kuṭumbinām abhayavanaparigraheṣu madhyamam //

WHEN a person entraps, kills, or molests deer, bison, birds, and fish which are declared to be under State protection or which live in forests under State-protection (abhayáranya), he shall be punished with the highest amercement.
R. Shamasastry 1915, Kautilya's Arthaśāstra

Householders trespassing in forest preserves shall be punished with the middlemost amercement.
R. Shamasastry 1915, Kautilya's Arthaśāstra

Translations (1)

Kautilya's Arthaśāstra — R. Shamasastry 1915, English

Commentaries (5)

Pratipadapañcikā — Bhaṭṭasvāmin, Sanskrit
Cāṇakyaṭīkā — Bhikṣu Prabhamati, Sanskrit
Nayacandrikā — Mādhavayajvan, Sanskrit
Śrīmūla — T. Gaṇapati Śāstrī, Sanskrit
Śrīmūla — Gaṇapatisāstrin, Sanskrit