War in Ancient India c11.t1.67

c11.t1.67

ratnākara refers to six kinds of bheda, and shows, as in others, a distinct advance over the Kauṭalyan tradition. These are Prāṇahāni (involving life and death), Mānabhanga (where honour is at stake), Dhanahāni (appealing to a rich enemy's avariciousness), Bandhaka (creating fear of imprisonment in the enemy's ally), Dārābhilāṣa (the enemy coveting his ally's wife), and Arigabhanga (the enemy's covetousness of his ally's kingdom).⁸⁷