Bookkeeping in the Arthaśāstra-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Bookkeeping in the Arthaśāstra

Published:2023-10-12 Issue:4 Volume:66 Page:301-332
ISSN:0019-7246
Container-title:Indo-Iranian Journal
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Short-container-title:Indo-Iran. J.

Author:

Wiese Harald¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. University of Leipzig Leipzig Germany

Abstract

Abstract This paper focuses on the Arthaśāstra’s portion II.6.1-II.7.3. The official with the title samāhartṛ is responsible not only for bookkeeping, but also for inflow organization, coin in- and outflow management, supervision, and controlling. Many of the bookkeeping terms remain elusive, but some progress can be made with respect to umbrella terms, such as āyamukha, samudaya, and siddha. Among other assertions, this paper claims that karaṇīya in II.6.14 refers to the samāhartṛ’s duties, while it is best translated as “target” in II.7.3.

Publisher

Brill

Subject

Political Science and International Relations,Linguistics and Language,Philosophy

Link

https://brill.com/downloadpdf/journals/iij/66/4/article-p301_1.xml

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