Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c8.t4.2

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⁴⁰ *Arthaśāstra*, p 156 ⁴¹ *Ovā*, 31, p 132. ⁴² *Vivā*, 2, p. 13. ⁴³ *Ovā sū.*, 29 ⁴⁴ *Niryā.* 1. ⁴⁵ *Nāyā*, 8, p 97 ff A *dūta* ought not to be slain (*Arthaśāstra*, p. 30) ; for qualifications of a *dūta*, see Manu (VII, 64 f). ⁴⁶ 3, p 93 The *Arthaśāstra* (p 309) refers to three kinds of warfare, *viz*., open, treacherous and silent (*i.e.*, killing an enemy by employing spies when there is no talk of battle at all) ; also see p. 156. ⁴⁷ *cf. Nāyā*, 8, p. 111 ; 16, p.