Sutra 16

Devanagari script

तेन कृत्याभिचारशीलौ व्याख्यातौ ॥ कZ_०४.४.१६ ॥

Transliteration

tena kṛtyābhicāraśīlau vyākhyātau

Translation

ଏହାଦ୍ୱାରା କୃତ୍ୟା (ହାନିକର ରୀତି) ଓ ଅଭିଚାର (ଦୁଷ୍ଟ ମାୟା/ମନ୍ତ୍ର) ପ୍ରବଣମାନେ ମଧ୍ୟ (ସେହି ଚିକିତ୍ସା/ବ୍ୟବସ୍ଥା ଅଧୀନରେ) ଆବର୍ତ୍ତିତ।

Word by Word

• तेन: by that; thereby; with that (as the means)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: सर्वनाम-शब्दः; तृतीया-एकवचनम्; नपुंसकलिङ्गम् (instrumental sg. of तद्)

• कृत्या: malevolent rite / sorcery-act (kṛtyā)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृ (→ कृत्या)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गम्; प्रथमा-द्विवचनम् (with following word as dvandva); ‘कृत्या’ = कृत्याविद्या/कृत्यकर्म (harmful rite)

• अभिचारशीलौ: (those) inclined to/engaged in hostile sorcery (abhicāra)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभि-चर् + शील
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्; प्रथमा-द्विवचनम्; ‘अभिचार-शील’ = अभिचारे शीलं यस्य (habitually practicing harmful magic)

• व्याख्यातौ: have been explained/defined (the two have been set forth)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-आ-ख्या
• Form: लिट्/लुङ्-प्रयोगसदृशः क्त-प्रत्ययान्त-भूतकर्मणि प्रयोगः; क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle) from वि+आ+ख्या; प्रथमा-द्विवचनम् पुंलिङ्गम्; ‘(एतौ) व्याख्यातौ’ = ‘have been explained/defined’

Entities Mentioned

• kṛtyā practitioner
• abhichāra practitioner

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FAQs

How does Kautilya treat 'occult harm' administratively here?

As a security and public-order issue handled through detection of service-providers and disruption (including banishment), rather than theological debate.