TRIVANDRUM SANSKRIT SERIES No. LXXXI. THE ARTHASASTRA KAUTALYA with the commentary Srimula of MAWAMANOPADHYAYA T. GANAPATI SASTRI, Honorary Member of tho Royal Asiatio Sociéty of Groat Britain and Ireland; Dootor of Philosophy, University of Tubingen; Cuvator of the Department for the Publication of Sanskrit Manuscripts, Trivandrum. EDITED BY THE COMMENTATOR. 8, 9, 10, 14, 12, 13, 14 & 15 Adhikaranas. PUBLISHED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE GOVERNMENT OF HIS HIGHNESS THE MAIARAJAIL OF TRAVANCORK. TRIVANDRUM: PRINTED BY TIE SUPERINTENDENT, GOVERNMENT PRESS. Inland Price Re. 8-0-0.) [ Foroign Prico 16 sh. [The copyright in the text and in the first edition of the Com- mentary tn Sanskrit is reserved with tha Government of Travancore, All other rights in the commentary are re- served with the author thereof.)TATE: <2. REST, ata APAA AT ATAA RATT BUSTA TAH AVS aA AHA TIT faa. (. (eat) reaqata ARTA a. TOMA aTeTTT Aran agent area agid aa aaa | acta: azgz: _aeatirragareaneatieeontt | at AAA aerate aca Qe AaTAEN TT Aaa TAR TARTTEATeY ATETAT aaa SHLAA, ' PaPMTTAE 900, BANET WSR4,INTRODUCTION. This is the third and the last part of the Arthas&stra, The readings of the Punjab and Mysore editions as compared with those in this, the Trivandrum edition, are given as Appendix No. I. An index of important and difficult words occurring in the work is given as Appendix No. IT and the archaic words as No. ILI. There are two divisions of samrasam in draPrafahe. am, known as aqgdraretag and Gawain. The first teaches hunger-remedying yogas which would enable one to observe monthly, paksha and other similar fasts. The second teaches 1 yogu by which one could see through darkness, five yogas by which it would be possible to walk without being visible to others, as well as those by which cows, birds ete., may be made invisible and several other wonderful yogas of similar nature. Whether these yogas will be really ‘effective is a question to be solved by actual practice which is possible only if the proper ways of applying medicines and man- tras are well understood, And a correct’ knowledge of these ways will have to be acquired fr6m persons who are masters in them. Hence those desirous of practising the yoeas should have to seek the assistance of masters possessing prac- tical experience. For our part, we can do nothing but explain the text and believe in the several statements made therein, in accordance with our estimate of the author. But we cannot be expected to show the effects of these yogas just as the commentator of the passage, arfrat aRearat aaa, cannot be expected to show the effects of the gf. It is on this ground that we said towards the end of seewarearrt — ae Reafrerenfrttesretanert: 1 mere aherenhe aerag aA: 1 In the gPganarser, Duryodhana is mentioned along with Ravana. The same Duryodhana is also mentioned along with Jayatsena, while dealing with gamblers. Again Nali and Dharmaputra who have sustained defeat at the hands of the gamblers ave also referred to. It is clear from the above that in this prakarana Kautalya has the Mahabharata itsel£ in his pind. Though the stories in the gfaasarem about Dambhodbhava, Haihayarjuna ete., are all traced in the Ma- habharata, it has to be found out to what Itihasa the stor of Dandakya, Karla ete. belong. The same is also the cuse with the story of Katyayanas é&c, indicated by wager frat