War in Ancient India c11.t1.44

c11.t1.44

Five kinds of this policy are distinguished in later literature.⁷² These are Mithyacitta (to dislike one in his heart of hearts but pretend to be friendly towards him), Mithya-vacanasaṃjña (to speak out one thing while having in mind just the opposite), Mithyakaraṇa (doing things as if for his good, but to subvert him in the end), Ubhayavetana (to secretly accept illicit emoluments from the enemy while continuing in his master’s service), and Yugmaprābhṛtaka (to pretend to collect men and money for another’s expedition, but on the other hand to serve his own purposes).⁷³