Essay name: Panchatantra: A reflex of Arthashastra
Author:
M. N. Indrani
Affiliation: Karnatak University / Department of Sanskrit
The essay studies the Panchatantra in relation to the Arthashastra by proposing that that Indian fable literature divides into educative and entertaining narratives, both traced back to the sacred Vedic texts. It highlights the 'Pancatantra' and its kin as representative of educative stories.
Chapter 2 - Nature and Contents of Arthashastra
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) समुदयस्य युक्तापहृतस्� प्रत्यानयनम् - [samudayasya yuktāpahṛtasya pratyānayanam - ] Detection of what is embezzeled
by government servants out of state revenue;
9) उपयुक्तपरीक्षा
[ܱ貹ܰٲ貹īṣ�
] servants;
Examination of the conduct of government
10) शासनाधिकार� - [śāsanādhikāra� - ] The procedure of forming royal writs;
11 ) कोशप्रवेश्यरत्नपरीक्षा
-
[śśⲹٲԲ貹īṣ�
-
] Examination of gems that are to be
entered into the treasury;
12) आकरकर्मान्� प्रवर्तनम्
[ākarakarmānta pravartanam
] manufacture;
13) अक्षशालाया� सुवर्णाध्यक्षः
[akṣaśālāyā� suvarṇādhyakṣa�
] Goldsmith's office;
Conducting mining operations and
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The superintendent of gold in the
14 ) विशिखाया� सौवर्णिकप्रचार� - [viśikhāyā� sauvarṇikapracāra� - ] The duties of the state Goldsmith in the
high road;
15) कोष्टागाराध्यक्ष� - [koṣṭāgārādhyakṣa� - ] The superintendent of store-house;
16) पण्याध्यक्षः - [paṇyādhyakṣa� - ] The superintendent of Commerce;
17) कुप्याध्यक्ष� - [kupyādhyakṣa� - ] The superintendent of forest produce;
18) आयुधागाराध्यक्षः - [āyudhāgārādhyakṣa� - ] The superintendent of the armoury;
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19) तुलामानपौतवम�
[ٳܱ峾Բ貹ܳٲ
] The superintendent of the weights and
measures;
20) देशकालमानम� - [deśakālamānam - ] Measurement of space and time;
21) शुल्काध्यक्ष� - [śulkādhyakṣa� - ] The superintendent of toils;
