Theory of Government in Ancient India (Post-Vedic) c15.122

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c15.122

⁵ Kauṭalya’s nine-fold classification of spies is illuminating:—(1) Kāpaṭika, disguised as a disciple, (2) Udāsthita, disguised as a recluse, (3) Gṛhapatika, one setting up a household, (4) Vaidehaka, one playing the merchant, (5) Tāpasa, an ascetic, (6) Satri, a student, (7) Tīkṣṇa, a firebrand incendiary spy, (8) Rasada, a prisoner, and (9) Bhikṣukī or a mendicant woman. See Arthaśāstra, X, pp. 18—22, tr. 20—25.

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