Artha-xastra (tractat sobre l'art de governar)
- Idioma:
- anglès
- Traducció:
- R. Shamasastry
- Completesa:
- Obra completa
- Autoria:
- Escrita per l'autor
- Estat del text:
- Sense soroll d'escaneig detectat (mesura automàtica sobre tot el text, no revisada a mà)
- Extensió:
- ~210.000 paraules · 995 passatges
Cita aquesta obra
- APAKautilya. (n.d.). Arthashastra (Treatise on Statecraft) [Artha-xastra (tractat sobre l'art de governar)] (R. Shamasastry, Trans.). Digital reproduction: SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/ca/works/kautilya/arthashastra-treatise-on-statecraft
- MLAKautilya. Arthashastra (Treatise on Statecraft) [Artha-xastra (tractat sobre l'art de governar)]. Translated by R. Shamasastry. Digital reproduction, SigPhi, https://sigphiai.com/ca/works/kautilya/arthashastra-treatise-on-statecraft.
- ChicagoKautilya. Arthashastra (Treatise on Statecraft) [Artha-xastra (tractat sobre l'art de governar)]. Translated by R. Shamasastry. Digital reproduction, SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/ca/works/kautilya/arthashastra-treatise-on-statecraft.
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De què tracta
El manual de govern atribuït a Kautilya: administració, hisenda, dret, agricultura, mines, espionatge, diplomàcia i guerra, tot amb una fredor de qui escriu per a qui mana.
Context i història
Aquest text va estar perdut segles i es coneixia només de nom. El 1905 un pandit va lliurar un manuscrit en fulles de palma a la biblioteca oriental de Mysore, i R. Shamasastry el va identificar i el va editar: fins llavors ningú no l'havia llegit en època moderna. L'atribució a Kautilya, el ministre de Chandragupta Maurya, és tradicional, però els especialistes daten el text tal com ens ha arribat bastant més tard i el consideren obra acumulada.
Context editorial, no una font citable: a diferència dels passatges de l'obra, aquestes dades no es poden contrastar amb el corpus.
The school of Manu (Manava) hold that there are only three sciences: the triple Vedas, Varta and the science of government, Kautilya's Arthashastra inasmuch as the science of Anvikshaki is nothing but a special branch of the Vedas. The school of Brihaspati say that there are only two sciences: Varta and the science of government, inasmuch as the Triple Vedas are merely an abridgment (Samvarana, pretext?) for a man experienced in affairs temporal (Lokayatravidah). The school of Usanas declare that there is only one science, and that the science of government; for, they say, it is in that science that all other sciences have their origin and end. But Kautilya holds that four and only four are the sciences; wherefore it is from these sciences that all that concerns righteousness and wealth is learnt, therefore they are so called. Anvikshaki comprises the Philosophy of Sankhya, Yoga, and Lokayata (Atheism ?). Righteous and unrighteous acts (Dharmadharmau) are learnt from the triple Vedas; wealth and non- wealth from Varta; the expedient and the inexpedient (Nayanayau), as well as potency and impotency (Balabale) from the science of government. When seen in the light of these sciences, the science of Anvikshaki is most beneficial to the world, keeps the mind steady and firm in weal and woe alike, and bestows excellence of foresight, speech and action. Light to all kinds of knowledge, easy means to accomplish all kinds of acts and receptacle of all kinds of virtues, is the Science of Anvikshaki ever held to be. [Thus ends Chapter II, "Determination of the place of Anvikshaki" among Sciences in Book I, "Concerning Discipline" of the Kautilya's Arthashastra Arthasastra of Kautilya.] CHAPTER III.…