Library·Kautilya: Arthasastra·2·2.3·2.3.1

Kautilya: Arthasastra 2.3.1

KAZ 2.3.1

चतुर्दिशं जनपदअन्ते साम्परायिकं दैवकृतं दुर्गं कारयेत्, अन्तर्द्वीपं स्थलं वा निम्नअवरुद्धम् औदकम्, प्रास्तरं गुहां वा पार्वतम्, निरुदकस्तम्बम् इरिणं वा धान्वनम्, खञ्जनौदकं स्तम्बगहनं वा वनदुर्गम् ॥

caturdiśaṃ jana.pada.ante sāmparāyikaṃ daiva.kṛtaṃ durgaṃ kārayet, antar.dvīpaṃ sthalaṃ vā nimna.avaruddham audakam, prāstaraṃ guhāṃ vā pārvatam, nirudaka.stambam iriṇaṃ vā dhānvanam, khañjana.udakaṃ stamba.gahanaṃ vā vana.durgam //

Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.

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