TITUS
Kautiliya Arthasastra: Part No. 97

Chapter: 11 

(Law of capital punishment, simple and with torture)


Sentence: 1 
    kalahe gʰnataḥ puruṣaṃ citro gʰātaḥ //
   kalahe gʰnataḥ puruṣaṃ citro gʰātaḥ //

Sentence: 2 
    saptarātrasyāntarmr̥te śuddʰavadʰaḥ, pakṣasyāntar uttamaḥ, māsasyāntaḥ pañcaśataḥ samuttʰānavyayaś ca //
   sapta-rātrasya+ antar-mr̥te śuddʰa-vadʰaḥ, pakṣasya+ antar uttamaḥ, māsasya+ antaḥ pañca-śataḥ samuttʰāna-vyayaś ca //

Sentence: 3 
    śastreṇa praharata uttamo daṇḍaḥ //
   śastreṇa praharata uttamo daṇḍaḥ //

Sentence: 4 
    madena hastavadʰaḥ, mohena dviśataḥ //
   madena hasta-vadʰaḥ, mohena dvi-śataḥ //

Sentence: 5 
    vadʰe vadʰaḥ //
   vadʰe vadʰaḥ //

Sentence: 6 
    prahāreṇa garbʰaṃ pātayata uttamo daṇḍaḥ, bʰaiṣajyena madʰyamaḥ, parikleśena pūrvaḥ sāhasadaṇḍaḥ //
   prahāreṇa garbʰaṃ pātayata uttamo daṇḍaḥ, bʰaiṣajyena madʰyamaḥ, parikleśena pūrvaḥ sāhasa-daṇḍaḥ //

Sentence: 7 
    prasabʰastrīpuruṣagʰātakābʰisārakanigrāhakāvagʰoṣakāvaskandakopavedʰakān patʰiveśmapratirodʰakān rājahastyaśvaratʰānāṃ hiṃsakān stenān vā śūlān ārohayeyuḥ //
   prasabʰa-strī-puruṣa-gʰātaka-abʰisāraka-nigrāhaka-avagʰoṣaka-avaskandaka-upavedʰakān patʰi-veśma-pratirodʰakān rāja-hasty-aśva-ratʰānāṃ hiṃsakān stenān vā śūlān ārohayeyuḥ //

Sentence: 8 
    yaś cainān dahed apanayed vā sa tam eva daṇḍaṃ labʰeta, sāhasam uttamaṃ vā //
   yaś ca+ enān dahed apanayed vā sa tam eva daṇḍaṃ labʰeta, sāhasam uttamaṃ vā //

Sentence: 9 
    hiṃsrastenānāṃ bʰaktavāsopakaraṇāgnimantradānavaiyāvr̥tyakarmasūttamo daṇḍaḥ, paribʰāṣaṇam avijñāte //
   hiṃsra-stenānāṃ bʰakta-vāsa-upakaraṇa-agni-mantra-dāna-vaiyāvr̥tya-karmasu+ uttamo daṇḍaḥ, paribʰāṣaṇam avijñāte //

Sentence: 10 
    hiṃsrastenānāṃ putradāram asamantraṃ visr̥jet, samantram ādadīta //
   hiṃsra-stenānāṃ putra-dāram asamantraṃ visr̥jet, samantram ādadīta //

Sentence: 11 
    rājyakāmukam antaḥpurapradʰarṣakam aṭavyamitrotsāhakaṃ durgarāṣṭradaṇḍakopakaṃ vā śirohastapradīpikaṃ gʰātayet //
   rājya-kāmukam antaḥpura-pradʰarṣakam aṭavy-amitra-utsāhakaṃ durga-rāṣṭra-daṇḍa-kopakaṃ vā śiro-hasta-pradīpikaṃ gʰātayet //

Sentence: 12 
    brāhmaṇaṃ tamaḥ praveśayet //
   brāhmaṇaṃ tamaḥ praveśayet //

Sentence: 13 
    mātr̥pitr̥putrabʰrātrācāryatapasvigʰātakaṃ vātvakśiraḥprādīpikaṃ gʰātayet //
   mātr̥-pitr̥-putra-bʰrātr-ācārya-tapasvi-gʰātakaṃ vā+ a-tvak-śiraḥ-prādīpikaṃ gʰātayet //

Sentence: 14 
    teṣām ākrośe jihvāccʰedaḥ, aṅgābʰiradane tadaṅgān mocyaḥ //
   teṣām ākrośe jihvāc-cʰedaḥ, aṅga-abʰiradane tad-aṅgān mocyaḥ //

Sentence: 15 
    yadr̥ccʰāgʰāte puṃsaḥ paśuyūtʰasteye ca śuddʰavadʰaḥ //
   yadr̥ccʰā-gʰāte puṃsaḥ paśu-yūtʰa-steye ca śuddʰa-vadʰaḥ //

Sentence: 16 
    daśāvaraṃ ca yūtʰaṃ vidyāt //
   daśa-avaraṃ ca yūtʰaṃ vidyāt //

Sentence: 17 
    udakadʰāraṇaṃ setuṃ bʰindatas tatraivāpsu nimajjanam, anudakam uttamaḥ sāhasadaṇḍaḥ, bʰagnotsr̥ṣṭakaṃ madʰyamaḥ //
   udaka-dʰāraṇaṃ setuṃ bʰindatas tatra+ eva+ apsu nimajjanam, anudakam uttamaḥ sāhasa-daṇḍaḥ, bʰagna-utsr̥ṣṭakaṃ madʰyamaḥ //

Sentence: 18 
    viṣadāyakaṃ puruṣaṃ striyaṃ ca puruṣagʰnīm apaḥ praveśayed agarbʰiṇīm, garbʰiṇīṃ māsāvaraprajātām //
   viṣa-dāyakaṃ puruṣaṃ striyaṃ ca puruṣagʰnīm apaḥ praveśayed agarbʰiṇīm, garbʰiṇīṃ māsa-avara-prajātām //

Sentence: 19 
    patiguruprajāgʰātikām agniviṣadāṃ saṃdʰiccʰedikāṃ vā gobʰiḥ pāṭayet //
   pati-guru-prajā-gʰātikām agni-viṣadāṃ saṃdʰic-cʰedikāṃ vā gobʰiḥ pāṭayet //

Sentence: 20 
    vivītakṣetrakʰalaveśmadravyahastivanādīpikam agninā dāhayet //
   vivīta-kṣetra-kʰala-veśma-dravya-hasti-vana-ādīpikam agninā dāhayet //

Sentence: 21 
    rājākrośakamantrabʰedakayor aniṣṭapravr̥ttikasya brāhmaṇamahānasāvalehinaś ca jihvām utpāṭayet //
   rāja-ākrośaka-mantra-bʰedakayor aniṣṭa-pravr̥ttikasya brāhmaṇa-mahānasa-avalehinaś ca jihvām utpāṭayet //

Sentence: 22 
    praharaṇāvaraṇastenam anāyudʰīyam iṣubʰir gʰātayet //
   praharaṇa-āvaraṇa-stenam anāyudʰīyam iṣubʰir gʰātayet //

Sentence: 23 
    āyudʰīyasyottamaḥ //
   āyudʰīyasya+ uttamaḥ //

Sentence: 24 
    meḍʰrapʰalopagʰātinas tad eva ccʰedayet //
   meḍʰra-pʰala-upagʰātinas tad eva cʰedayet //

Sentence: 25 
    jihvānāsopagʰāte saṃdaṃśavadʰaḥ //
   jihvā-nāsa-upagʰāte saṃdaṃśa-vadʰaḥ //


Sentence: 26ab 
    ete śāstreṣv anugatāḥ kleśadaṇḍā mahātmanām /
   ete śāstreṣv anugatāḥ kleśa-daṇḍā mahātmanām /

Sentence: 26cd 
    akliṣṭānāṃ tu pāpānāṃ dʰarmyaḥ śuddʰavadʰaḥ smr̥taḥ //E
   akliṣṭānāṃ tu pāpānāṃ dʰarmyaḥ śuddʰa-vadʰaḥ smr̥taḥ //E






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