Kautilya's Arthashastra 2.29.43
Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 2.29.43
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- Sanskrit
2.29.43
balīvardānāṃ nasyāśvabhadragativāhināṃ yavasasyārdhabhāras tṛṇasya dviguṇam, tulā ghāṇapiṇyākasya, daśāḍhakaṃ kaṇakuṇḍakasya, pañcapalikaṃ mukhalavanAm, tailakuḍubo nasyaṃ prasthaḥ pānaṃ, māṃsatulā, dadhnaś cāḍhakam, yavadroṇaṃ māṣāṇāṃ vā pulākaḥ, kṣīradroṇam ardhāḍhakaṃ vā surāyāḥ snehaprasthaḥ kṣāradaśapalaṃ śṛṅgiberapalaṃ
ca pratipānam //
For bulls which are provided with nose-rings, and which equal horses in speed and in carrying loads, half a bhára of meadow grass (yavasa), twice the above quantity of ordinary grass (trina), one tulá (100 palas) of oil cakes, 10 ádhakas of bran, 5 palas of salt (mukhalavanam), one kudumba of oil for rubbing over the nose (nasya), 1 prastha of drink (pána), one tulá of flesh, 1 ádhaka of curis, 1 drona of barley or of cooked másha (Phraseolus Radiatus), 1 drona of milk; or half an ádhaka of surá (liquor), 1 prastha of oil or ghi (sneha) 10 palas of sugar or jaggery, 1 pala of the fruit of sringibera (ginger) may be substituted for milk (pratipána).
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
Linked texts (1)
- Minerals and Metals in Ancient India — Arun Kumar Biswas & Sulekha Biswas, English