Kautilya's Arthashastra 7.3.29
Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 7.3.29
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- Sanskrit
7.3.29
viṣahyadānād āyatyāṃ kṣamaḥ strībandhanād api /
suvarṇasaṃdhir viśvāsād ekībhāvagato bhavet //
Yet as such a burden can tolerably be paid in future, this peace is better than the one with a woman given as an hostage. When the parties making an agreement of peace are amicably united, it is termed suvarnasandhi, ‘golden peace.’
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