Translated by R. Shamasastry Contents: Determination of forms of agreements; determination of legal disputes; concerning marriage; division of inheritance; buildings; non-performance of agre... Read more
WHEN a person entraps, kills, or molests deer, bison, birds, and fish which are declared to be under State protection or which live in forests under State-protection (abhayáranya), he shall... Read more
CHAPTER XVI. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF COMMERCE. THE Superintendent of Commerce shall ascertain demand or absence of demand for, and rise or fall in the price of, various kinds of merchandise w... Read more
CHAPTER XI. EXAMINATION OF GEMS THAT ARE TO BE ENTERED INTO THE TREASURY. THE Superintendent of the treasury shall, in the presence of qualified persons, admit into the treasury whatever he... Read more
Kautilya’s Arthashastra Book II: The Duties of Government Superintendents Translated by R. Shamasastry Contents: Formation of villages; division of land; construction of forts; buildin... Read more
CHAPTER XI. THE INSTITUTION OF SPIES. ASSISTED by the council of his ministers tried under espionage, the king shall proceed to create spies: –Spies under the guise of a fraudulent di... Read more
CHAPTER VII. RESTRAINT OF THE ORGANS OF SENSE. The Life of a Saintly King. HENCE by overthrowing the aggregate of the six enemies, he shall restrain the organs of sense; acquire wisdom by k... Read more
Kautilya’s Arthashastra Translated by R. Shamasastry – 1915 Arthashastra by Kautilya, also known as Chanakya and Vishnusharma, is an excellent treatise on statecraft, economic p... Read more
“A surprise, sir! During your absence abroad we have had this Encinitas hermitage built; it is a ‘welcome-home’ gift!” Sister Gyanamata smilingly led me through a gate and up a tree-shaded w... Read more
“I have given many yoga lessons in India and America; but I must confess that, as a Hindu, I am unusually happy to be conducting a class for English students.” My London class members laughe... Read more
