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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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plains the various modes of fighting fit for every kind
of the army placed on such ground.’—SfW?tn
BM for to read fqwd0 srqjjt ‘block-
ing up impregnable places, or forced entrance.’
5, 15. M for 5^. 20-
BM for qqjfqsrfe0, ‘up to twenty-one.’ 21-
BM for fqqrr0, ‘There are ten kinds of even array.’
22-24. TO0 (’R0)—from BM, ‘if there is an
uneven number of chariots in the wings, flanks and
front, it is called an uneven array. Here also the
number of chariots may be successively increased by
two and two, till it amounts to 21 chariots. Thus
there will be ten odd varieties of uneven array.’ 30.
o;Rcnvi;Fr BM for ‘confusion in fighting’ Sh.
35- BMfor ‘the excess of the ene-
my’s army. Sh. 40. M, ‘those
not belonging to the surplus.’ 46- BM for
qq°, ‘velocity of the body.’ 51- B for
B for ‘ weak troops
in the centre, thus this force will be able to offer re-
sistance.’ 52. 53. i om. BM. 54-
B for It corresponds to 64-
Me on M. VII, 291 reads ‘in order
to collect beaten troops ’ for cf^TT^T.
6, J. ‘According to Usanas, the array should
consist of two wings, one front, and one reserve.’
(‘Wings and front, capable to turn against an enemy,
is what is called a make-like array ’ Sh. This render-
ing rests on the reading in the edition of 1909 ). 17.
BM read ^^JT° and for 20. BM
for jg^qr Tl°, ‘ The staff-like array in which one is
made to stand behind the other’ Sh. 26. 5^5^°—
(qiR° SjaSh) ‘The cart-like array
 
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