Kautilya's Arthashastra 5.5.9
Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 5.5.9
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- Sanskrit
5.5.9
saṃdarśane kopaḥ, vākyasyāśravaṇapratiṣedhau, āsanacakṣuṣor adānam, varṇasvarabhedaḥ, ekākṣibhrukuṭyoṣṭhanirbhogaḥ, svedaśvāsasmitānām asthānotpattiḥ, paramantraṇam, akasmādvrajanam, vardhanam anyasya, bhūmigātravilekhanam, anyasyopatodanam, vidyāvarṇadeśakutsā, samadoṣanindā, pratidoṣanindā, pratilomastavaḥ,
sukṛtānavekṣaṇam, duṣkṛtānukīrtanam, pṛṣṭhāvadhānam, atityāgaḥ, mithyābhibhāṣaṇam, rājadarśināṃ ca tadvṛttānyatvam //
Angry appearance when the courtier is in sight; evading or refusal to hear his speech; no inclination to give him a seat or to see him; change in syllables and accents while talking to him; seeing with one eye; brow-beating; biting the lips; rise of sweat; hard breathing and smiling with no palpable cause; talking to himself; sudden bending or raising of the body; touching the body or the seat of another; molestation to another; contempt of learning, caste, and country (of the courtier); condemnation of a colleague of equal defects; condemnation of a man of opposite defects; condemnation of his opponent; failure to acknowledge his good deeds; enumeration of his bad deeds; attention to whoever enters into the chamber; too much gift; uttering falsehood; change in the conduct and attitude of visitors to the king; nay, the courtier shall also note the change in the life of animals other than men.
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