Kautilya's Arthashastra 8.4.36
Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 8.4.36
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- Sanskrit
8.4.36
antapālaḥ paṇyasampātānugraheṇa vartayati, vaidehakās tu sambhūya paṇyānām utkarṣāpakarṣaṃ kurvāṇāḥ paṇe paṇaśataṃ kumbhe kumbhaśatam ity ājīvanti //
No, says Kautilya, the superintendent of the boundary increases commercial traffic by welcoming the arrival of merchandise, whereas traders unite in causing rise and fall in the value of articles, and live by making profits cent per cent in panas or kumbhas (measures of grain).
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