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

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5, 2. V"? B ‘ the bottom and the sides ’
(Sh). 3. Sh M have stop after which is wrong.
Sh in transl. connects 3T with the following sen-
tence. 4. M ‘ men specially ordered/ per-
haps better than ‘outcast men? 5. ‘The
trading-house shall contain pillars built of burnt bricks,
and shall be a quadrangle with one gate, with several
compartments and storeys, with open exits containing
pillars on both sides.’—‘ And it being con-
nected with the underground chambers, shall also be
the armoury’ (So). 6- Bead snsrr:
‘halls containing pits and water-wells’ (So).—
BM ‘provided with cats and mongoose for
protection (against snakes) and with means to wor-
ship the deities? 18- BM for
‘sums from I to 4 Panas.’—seems to denote
corporal punishment rather than ‘death’ (Sh ) in this
place. 19. probably means death here, as it
does further on, considering the enormity of the crime.
21- M for ‘in the case of ignorance?
22. Robbers committing robbery with violence shall
be tortured to death ( So).
6, 2. JTl’lR'TT is the city-superintendent, not ‘the
town-clerk’ (Sh). See Ch. XXXVI. 3. The Raj jus
by name correspond to the officials called Rajukas in the
Asoka inscriptions, whose functions are rather those
of the Sthanikas of the Artha-sastra. See F. VV.
Thomas in Rapson’s Ancient India, p. 487. The
Corarajjus recur in IV, 13, as certain police officers
responsible for robberies committed in their district.
4. here and in Ch. XII seems to
denote ‘ metals or minerals extracted from plains,
mountain slopes, and liquids.’ 6. ‘The totality of
woods for tame and wild animals, for timber and
 
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