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Matsya Purana 222.4

Matsyapurāṇa 222.4

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222.4

prayogāḥ kathitāḥ sapta tanme nigadataḥ śrṛṇu.
dvividhaṃ kathitaṃ sāma tathyañcātathyameva ca .. 222.3 ..

Matsya said:—A sovereign should resort to the following seven policies or expedients at the time of necessity, viz., (1) Sâma (2) Bheda, (3) Dâna, (4) Daṇḍa, (5) Upekṣâ, (6) Mâyâ, (7) Indrajâla Sâma is of two kinds, viz:—Satyasâma and Asatyas ma.—2-3

A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam

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