Kautilya's Arthashastra 3.14.38
Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 3.14.38
- Language
- Sanskrit
3.14.38
asatpratigrahe yuktaḥ stenaḥ kutsitayājakaḥ /
adoṣas tyaktum anyonyaṃ karmasaṃkaraniścayāt //E
As it is certain that sacrificial merits fall in value when performed in company with a drunkard, the husband of a Súdra woman, a murderer of a Bráhman, or one who has violated the chastify of the wife of his preceptor, a receiver of condemnable gifts, or is a thief, or one whose performance of sacrificial acts is condemnable, it is no offence to send out such a priest.
Translations (1)
- Kautilya's Arthaśāstra — R. Shamasastry 1915, English
Commentaries (4)
- Śrīmūla — T. Gaṇapati Śāstrī, Sanskrit
- Pratipadapañcikā — Bhaṭṭasvāmin, Sanskrit
- Cāṇakyaṭīkā — Bhikṣu Prabhamati, Sanskrit
- Nayacandrikā — Mādhavayajvan, Sanskrit
Discussed in (1)
- Minerals and Metals in Ancient India — Biswas & Biswas 1996, English