Adhyakshaprachara Adhyaya 22 Sutra 6 - Arthashastra | Arabic | Vedapath

Kautilya

Sutra 6

Devanagari script

क्षौमदुकूलक्रिमितानकङ्कटहरितालमनःशिलाञ्जनहिङ्गुलुकलोहवर्णधातूनां चन्दनागुरुकटुककिण्वावराणां चर्मदन्तास्तरणप्रावरणक्रिमिजातानामाजैडकस्य च दशभागः पञ्चदशभागो वा ॥ कZ_०२.२२.०६ ॥

Transliteration

kṣaumadukūlakrimitānakaṅkaṭaharitālamanaḥśilāñjanahiṅgulukalohavarṇadhātūnāṃ candanāgurukaṭukakiṇvāvarāṇāṃ carmadantāstaraṇaprāvaraṇakrimijātānām ājaiḍakasya ca daśabhāgaḥ pañcadaśabhāgo vā

Translation

بالنسبة للكتّان، والأقمشة الرقيقة، والحرير، والقصدير، والنحاس/البرونز، والأوربيمنت (orpiment)، والريالغار (realgar)، والكحل/المرهم العيني (collyrium)، والزنجفر (cinnabar)، والمعادن والأصباغ/المعادن الملوّنة؛ وبالنسبة لخشب الصندل، وخشب العود (aloe-wood)، والعطريات اللاذعة، والمواد المُخمَّرة (ferments) وما شابهها من السلع؛ وكذلك الجلود، والعاج، وأفرشة النوم، والأغطية، ومنتجات دودة القز، ومنتجات الماعز/الغنم—فإن الرسم هو العُشر أو الخُمس عشر.

Word by Word

क्षौमदुकूलक्रिमितानकङ्कटहरितालमनःशिलाञ्जनहिङ्गुलुकलोहवर्णधातूनाम्of (the commodities such as) linen, silk-cloth, kṛmi-tāna, tin, orpiment, realgar, collyrium, cinnabar, black metal, and colored minerals/metals

चन्दनागुरुकटुककिण्वावराणाम्of sandalwood, agaru, pungent drugs, ferment (kiṇva), and avara-type goods

चर्मदन्तास्तरणप्रावरणक्रिमिजातानाम्of the kinds of leather, ivory, bedding/spreads, coverings/garments, and worm-produced goods

आजैडकस्यof ājaidaka (a specified assessed item/category)

चand

दशभागःa tenth share (10%)

पञ्चदशभागःor a fifteenth share (15%)

वाor

Entities Mentioned

textile traders

mineral/metal traders

aromatic goods merchants

customs classifiers

FAQs

What does the option 'one-tenth or one-fifteenth' suggest?

Administrative discretion within a band—rates could vary by region, supply conditions, strategic importance, or policy aims (encouragement vs. restraint).