Kautilya's Arthashastra 5.3.17
Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 5.3.17
- Language
- Sanskrit
5.3.17
catuṣpadadvipadaparicārakapārikarmikaupasthāyikapālakaviṣṭibandhakāḥ ṣaṣṭivetanāḥ, āryayuktārohakamāṇavakaśailakhanakāḥ sarvopasthāyinaś ca //
Servants in charge of quadrupeds and bipeds, workmen doing miscellaneous work, attendants upon the royal person, body-guards, and the procurer of free labourers shall receive a salary of 60 panas.
The honourable play-mate of the king (áryayukta), the elephant-driver, the sorcerer (manavaka), miners of mountains (sailakhanaka), all kinds of attendants, teachers, and learned men shall have honorarium ranging from 500 to 1,000 (panas) according to their merit.
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)
- A History of Indian Medical Literature — Meulenbeld 1999, English