Kautilya's Arthashastra 3.20.16
Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 3.20.16
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- Sanskrit
3.20.16
kulanīvīgrāhakasyāpavyayane, vidhavāṃ chandavāsinīṃ prasahyādhicarataḥ, caṇḍālasyāryāṃ spṛśataḥ, pratyāsannam āpady anabhidhāvato, niṣkāraṇam abhidhāvanaṃ kurvataḥ, śākyājīvakādīn vṛṣalapravrajitān devapitṛkāryeṣu bhojayataḥ śatyo daṇḍaḥ //
When a person misappropriates the revenue he collects as the agent of a household, violates by force the chastity of a widow of independent living, when an outcast (chandála) person touches an Arya woman, when a person does not run to render help to another in danger, or runs without a cause, and when a person entertains, in dinner dedicated to gods or ancestors Buddhists (sákya,) Ajívakas, Súdras and exiled persons, (pravrajita) a fine of 100 panas shall be imposed.
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
Discussed in (1)
- Minerals and Metals in Ancient India — Biswas & Biswas 1996, English