Adhyakshaprachara Adhyaya 29 Sutra 25 - Arthashastra | French | Vedapath

Kautilya

Sutra 25

Devanagari script

कारणमृतस्याङ्कचर्म गोमहिषस्य कर्णलक्षणमजाविकानाम् पुच्छमङ्कचर्म चाश्वखरोष्ट्राणाम् बालचर्मबस्तिपित्तस्नायुदन्तखुरशृङ्गास्थीनि चाहरेयुः ॥ कZ_०२.२९.२५ ॥

Transliteration

kāraṇamṛtasyāṅkacarma gomahiṣasya karṇalakṣaṇamajāvikānām pucchamaṅkacarma cāśvakharoṣṭrāṇām bālacarmabastipittasnāyudantakhuraśṛṅgāsthīni cāhareyuḥ

Translation

Pour un animal mort d’une cause déclarée, ils apporteront (comme preuve et récupération) : la peau marquée au fer pour les vaches et les buffles ; les marques d’oreille pour les chèvres et les moutons ; la queue et la peau marquée au fer pour les chevaux, les ânes et les chameaux ; ainsi que les poils/la peau, la vessie, la bile, les tendons, les dents, les sabots, les cornes et les os.

Word by Word

कारणम्the required material/cause (i.e., the specified raw material)

मृतस्यof a dead (animal)

अङ्कचर्मa kind of hide/skin (a specified ‘aṅka’-hide)

गोमहिषस्यof the cow-and-buffalo (cattle)

कर्णलक्षणम्ear-mark / identifying mark on the ear

अजाविकानाम्of goats and sheep

पुच्छम्tail

अङ्कचर्मaṅka-hide/skin (specified hide)

चand

अश्वखरोष्ट्राणाम्of horses, donkeys, and camels

बालचर्मhairy hide / skin with hair

बस्तिbladder (used as a container)

पित्तbile/gall

स्नायुsinew/tendon

दन्तtooth/teeth

खुरhoof

शृङ्गhorn

अस्थीनिbones

चand

आहरेयुःthey should bring/collect/procure

Entities Mentioned

cow

buffalo

goat

sheep

horse

donkey

camel

FAQs

Why require specific body parts like branded hide or ear-marks?

They are identifiers that authenticate the death of a particular state animal and prevent substitution or clandestine slaughter.

What economic principle is embedded in listing byproducts?

Zero-waste fiscal rationality: even in loss events, recover value through controlled salvage and resale.