The Mauryan Polity c12.75

c12.75

As against these remarkable coincidences, the differences are only few and far between. One mentioned by Jacobi is Vātsyāyana’s prescription of abstention from meat, and Kauṭalya’s rules regulating the sale of meat.¹ Even here the Arthaśāstra is a practical manual of administration and hence must formulate regulations of a comprehensive character. It does not mean a recommendation or acceptance of the principle. The Kāmasūtra discusses the question from an entirely different aspect.