Adhyakshaprachara Adhyaya 23 Sutra 2 - Arthashastra | Vietnamese | Vedapath

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Sutra 2

Devanagari script

ऊर्णावल्ककार्पासतूलशणक्षौमाणि च विधवान्यङ्गाकन्याप्रव्रजितादण्डप्रतिकारिणीभी रूपाजीवामातृकाभिर्वृद्धराजदासीभिर्व्युपरतोपस्थानदेवदासीभिश्च कर्तयेत् ॥ कZ_०२.२३.०२ ॥

Transliteration

ūrṇāvalkakārpāsatūlaśaṇakṣaumāṇi ca vidhavānyaṅgākanyāpravrajitādaṇḍapratikāriṇībhī rūpājīvāmātṛkābhir vṛddharājadāsībhir vyuparatopasthānadevadāsībhiś ca kartayet

Translation

Ông ta phải cho len, sợi vỏ cây, bông, bông tơi, gai dầu và vải lanh được gia công bởi các góa phụ, phụ nữ chưa chồng, nữ tu/ẩn tu, phụ nữ lao động để chuộc phạt, phụ nữ sống bằng sắc đẹp (kỹ nữ), các bà mẹ (người phụ thuộc nữ), các nữ tỳ hoàng gia cao tuổi, và các phụ nữ đền thờ đã thôi phục vụ tích cực.

Word by Word

ऊर्णाwool

वल्कbark-fibre (cloth made of bark)

कार्पासcotton

तूलcotton-fluff / lint

शणhemp / flax (fibres)

क्षौमाणिlinen cloth (made of flax)

चand

विधवानिwidows

अङ्गाकन्याaṅgā-kanyā women (a designated class of women)

प्रव्रजिताfemale renunciants / nuns

अदण्डप्रतिकारिणीभिःby women who are ‘not subject to punishment’ / who do not incur corporal punishment

रूपाजीवाwomen who live by (selling) beauty; prostitutes/courtesans

मातृकाभिःby matrons / motherly attendants

वृद्धराजदासीभिःby aged royal maidservants/slaves

व्युपरतोपस्थानदेवदासीभिःby devadāsīs who have ceased (regular) attendance/service

चand

कर्तयेत्he should have (them) prepared/processed; should cause (it) to be made

Entities Mentioned

Superintendent of Threads

widows

unmarried women

female renunciants

penal laborers

courtesans

mothers/dependents

aged royal servants

retired temple women

FAQs

What political-administrative objective is served by assigning textile work to socially vulnerable groups?

It simultaneously supplies strategic goods (textiles/cordage), reduces vagrancy and dependence, and converts welfare/penal obligations into supervised, productive labor.