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Kautilya's Arthashastra 5.1.52

Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 5.1.52

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Sanskrit

5.1.52

tayoḥ kalaho rātrau iti samānam //

A mendicant woman may delude a seditious chief of a district into the belief that the wife, daughter, or daughter- in-law of another seditious chief of another district loves the former. She may take the jewellery which the deluded chief gives her (for delivery to the wife, daughter, etc.), and, presenting it before the other chief, narrate that this chief in the pride of his youth makes love to the other's wife, daughter, or daughter-in-law. When at night a duel arises between the two chiefs, etc., as before.

R. Shamasastry 1915, Kautilya's Arthaśāstra

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