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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) बाह्याभ्यन्तरश्चापदः
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[ⲹԳٲś貹岹�
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] External and internal dangers;
6) दूष्यशत्रुसंयुक्ता� � [dūṣyaśatrusaṃyuktā� � ] Persons associated with traitors and enemies;
7) अर्थानर्थसंशययुक्ताः, तासामुपायविकल्पजाः, सिद्धयश्�
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[arthānarthasaṃśayayuktā�, tāsāmupāyavikalpajā�, siddhayaśca
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] Doubts about
wealth and harm; and success to be obtained by the
employment of alternative strategic means.
Adhikarana - X
।। साङ्ग्रामिकम� ।।
[|| sāṅgrāmikam ||
] 1) स्कधावारनिवेशः - [skadhāvāraniveśa� - ] Encampment;
2) स्कधावारप्रयाणम्, बलव्यसनावस्कन्दकालरक्षणम� - [skadhāvāraprayāṇam, balavyasanāvaskandakālarakṣaṇam - ] March of the camp; and
protection of the army in times of distress and attack;
3) कूटयुद्धविकल्प�, स्वसैन्योस्साहनम�,
स्वबलान्यबलव्यायोग�
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[kūṭayuddhavikalpa�, svasainyossāhanam,
ԲⲹDz�
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] Forms of
Treacherous fights; encouragement to one's own army and
fight between one's own and enemy's armies;
4) युद्धभूमयः पत्यश्वरथहस्तिकर्माण� - [yuddhabhūmaya� patyaśvarathahastikarmāṇi - ] Battlefields; the work of infantry,
cavalry, chariots, and elephants;
5) पक्षकक्षोरस्याना� बलाग्रतो व्यहविभागः - [pakṣakakṣorasyānā� balāgrato vyahavibhāga� - ] The distinctive array of troops
in respect of wings, flanks, and front; distinction between
strong and weak troops; and battle with infantry, cavalry,
chariots, and elephants;
6) दण्डभोगमण्डलासंहतव्यूहव्यूहनम्, प्रतिव्यूहस्थापनम् - [daṇḍabhogamaṇḍalāsaṃhatavyūhavyūhanam, prativyūhasthāpanam - ] The array of the army
like a staff, a snake, a circle, or in detached order; the array
of the army against that of an enemy.
