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Kauṭilya; Jolly, Julius [Oth.]; Schmidt, Richard [Oth.]
Arthaśāstra: a new edition (2): Notes, with commentary ... — Lahore: The Punjab Sanskrit Book Depot, 1924

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for the use of officers carrying orders (So). 2O»
Sh in transl. 2L Having made the rampart
bilge out to the extent of a Da$da and a half outside
and inside, he shall cause an entrance gate to be made
1/6 as broad as the width of the gateway (So). 22-
Tsr*n*UTJn° B for ‘ or it may be a sixth part.’
23. ‘the height of the top’ (So). 24.
BM ‘the circumference is six times
the height.’ 26. ‘divided into ten com-
partments’ (So). 27- ‘In the interior a treasure-
chamber in height half the upper storey and a support
of pillars’ (So). 28- STIST—‘The upper storey
shall make up half of the building, or it shall occupy
one third of the space’ (So). 37. PPHTPi ‘ to pro-
tect the entrance.’ 38. So proposes to readf^nUTU-
sfrg# I°r OiTn3rnp?r and to translate, ‘ The (upper
turret) is to be in three parts and with its entrance
below.’ 39. So reads
for °on^ and explains this text as referring to
the construction of a lotus-pool in the middle, and of
quarters for women, a vaulted chamber two storeys
high, or trenches to keep stores in. 40. an
emendation. 41. *TT T%f^: II B for fit II, ‘ the
rules contained in the Kupyekalpa.’ See Ch. XVII.
4, 2. in may denote the officials for
whom the secret path is destined. 9- TnrHWsP BM
for opf^n:, cf. also in the singular. 19-
ST^pur means ‘shields’ (So), not ‘gloves’ (Sh). 23«
can hardly be correct, de-
noting a peacock, which does not fit in here. Perhaps
the reading should be ‘in sites adjacent to
ground unfit for habitation.’ 23. or
( M ), ( B ) is referred to merchants by So. 24.
3T'Kifaai° B for ST^T0. Read ‘the
temples of Asvins and Sri’ (So).
 
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