बार्हस्पत्य सूत्र / अर्थशास्त्र (महर्षि बृहस्पति - प्राचीन दण्डनीति, राजधर्म एवं कूटनीति सटीक)

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interesting, more especially as it is not quite clear that
the text in its six adhyáyas is complete².
I hope shortly to be in possession of a Nîti-sûtra
ascribed to Cânakya. *
or not, I am unable to demonstrate. That it was in the Grantha
character is proved by the confusions between e and hi (v. 15);
au and n (read as n: III. 118, IV. 38, v. 22); m and h (I. 5, II. 8, 18,
III. 76, 81, 92, v. 11); k and t (I. 54, 76, III. 81, 92, 131, v. 13);
k and tt (III. 122); g and bh (III. 67); c and v (III. 26–7); c
and p (II. 39); nc and sc (II. 73, III. 23, 87, 102); j and bh
(II. 33); nd and ndr (III. 41); nd and ndh (II. 43); t and m (v. 26);
n and r (I. 7); nu and nri (I. 54); p and v (v. 27); la and li (II. 9)
vra and vri (v 26).
2. We may here enumerate the chief grammatical
peculiarities above referred to. Some of them may be due to the
elliptical Sutra style, while some masculine plurals in ani from
nouns in a may be conjectured to be ms. errors, final n (Grantha,
etc.) having been read as ni. Also double gender in such nouns
is common :
(a) neuter for masc. :
abhiprayam (v. 9); artham ? (VI. 9); asavani (III. 57);
upayani (IV. 43); kalaham (IV. 36); kamam ? (II. 47); devalayani
(III. 56); dharmam ? (II. 46); pratikaram (IV. 50); mantrani
(III. 8, elsewhere masc. : different sense ?); moksham ? (II. 48);
lobham (I. 22) vadham (II. 49); shabdam (IV. 33, known elsewhere);
svaram (IV. 17); vishaya (III. 113 ?).
(b) compounds with adi in various genders, having no
obvious concord : I. 12, 57, 64, 65, 106; II. 16, 19; III. 15.
(c) masc for neuter :
aushadhah (III. 139); kshetsah (III. 119-122; also neut.); phalah
(III. 73); see also III. 9.
(d) arj-for arj : II. 7, 9, 13.
(e) suparihritya (v. 15) and divyat (III. 46, 47) are archaic.
As regards Sandhi, I have usually normalized, sometimes leaving
h in pause, where it is legitimate.

• This has now been printed as an appendix to the second
  edition of Kautilya Arthashástra by Pt. Shama Shastri.