Kautilya's Arthashastra 3.18.6
Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 3.18.6
- Language
- Sanskrit
3.18.6
kuṣṭhonmādayoś cikitsakāḥ saṃnikṛṣṭā pumāṃsaś ca pramāṇaṃ, klībabhāve striyo mūtrapheno 'psu viṣṭhānimajjanaṃ ca //
As to the reality of leprosy and lunacy, physicians or neighbours shall be authorities.
As to the reality of impotency, women, the scum of urine, or the low specific gravity of faeces in water (the sinking of faeces in water) shall furnish the necessary evidence.
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