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Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra — Sanskrit Text

by Kauṭilya (Cāṇakya)

Sanskrit (Devanagari and IAST)

The Arthaśāstra of Kauṭilya (Cāṇakya) — the classical Sanskrit treatise on statecraft, economics, law and military strategy — in all 15 adhikaraṇas, 150 chapters and 5,067 sūtras, in Devanāgarī with IAST transliteration. Text from R. P. Kangle's critical edition (University of Bombay, 1969), digitised by Prof. Muneo Tokunaga and distributed by GRETIL. Compound boundaries and decomposed sandhi in the source have been rejoined; Devanāgarī generated from the transliterated text. No English translation is included.

Chapters (15)

  1. 1.Book 1 — Vinayādhikārika — Concerning Discipline
  2. 2.Book 2 — Adhyakṣapracāra — The Duties of Government Superintendents
  3. 3.Book 3 — Dharmasthīya — Concerning Law
  4. 4.Book 4 — Kaṇṭakaśodhana — The Removal of Thorns
  5. 5.Book 5 — Yogavṛtta — The Conduct of Courtiers
  6. 6.Book 6 — Maṇḍalayoni — The Source of Sovereign States
  7. 7.Book 7 — Ṣāḍguṇya — The End of the Sixfold Policy
  8. 8.Book 8 — Vyasanādhikārika — Concerning Vices and Calamities
  9. 9.Book 9 — Abhiyāsyatkarma — The Work of an Invader
  10. 10.Book 10 — Sāṅgrāmika — Relating to War
  11. 11.Book 11 — Saṅghavṛtta — The Conduct of Corporations
  12. 12.Book 12 — Ābalīyasa — Concerning a Powerful Enemy
  13. 13.Book 13 — Durgalambhopāya — Strategic Means to Capture a Fortress
  14. 14.Book 14 — Aupaniṣadika — Secret Means
  15. 15.Book 15 — Tantrayukti — The Plan of a Treatise