Kautilya's Arthashastra 2.7.24
Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 2.7.24
- Language
- Sanskrit
2.7.24
pracārasamaṃ mahāmātrāḥ samagrāḥ śrāvayeyur aviṣamamantrāḥ //
All the ministers (mahámáras) shall together narrate the whole of the actual accounts pertaining to each department.
Whoever of these (ministers or clerks?) is of undivided counsel or keeps himself aloof, or utters falsehood shall be punished with the highest amercement.
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)
- The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society — J. C. Heesterman, English