Book contents
- The History of the Arthaśāstra
- Ideas in Context
- The History of the Arthaśāstra
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures and Tables
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Note on the Text
- Abbreviations
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Arthaśāstra Historiography
- Chapter 3 The Resegmentation of the Arthaśāstra
- Chapter 4 Citation and Attribution
- Chapter 5 The Deep Structure of the Text
- Chapter 6 The History of the Arthaśāstra
- Chapter 7 The Politics of the Daṇḍanīti
- Chapter 8 Varṇadharma in the Arthaśāstra
- Chapter 9 Statecraft, Law, and Religion in Ancient India
- Appendix I Other Theories of Composition
- Appendix II Chapter Colophons
- Appendix III End Verses at Variance with Preceding Prose
- Appendix IV Possible Integration between Prose and End Verses
- Appendix V Proposed Interpolations at the End of Chapters
- Appendix VI Possible Instances of Unattributed Citation
- Appendix VII Proposed Interpolations Depending on Citations
- Appendix VIII Other Proposed Interpolations
- Appendix IX Manu’s Seventh Chapter and the Daṇḍanīti
- Appendix X Brāhmaṇical Privileges
- Bibliography
- Index Locorum
- Index
- Ideas in Context
Chapter 3 - The Resegmentation of the Arthaśāstra
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 June 2019
- The History of the Arthaśāstra
- Ideas in Context
- The History of the Arthaśāstra
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures and Tables
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Note on the Text
- Abbreviations
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Arthaśāstra Historiography
- Chapter 3 The Resegmentation of the Arthaśāstra
- Chapter 4 Citation and Attribution
- Chapter 5 The Deep Structure of the Text
- Chapter 6 The History of the Arthaśāstra
- Chapter 7 The Politics of the Daṇḍanīti
- Chapter 8 Varṇadharma in the Arthaśāstra
- Chapter 9 Statecraft, Law, and Religion in Ancient India
- Appendix I Other Theories of Composition
- Appendix II Chapter Colophons
- Appendix III End Verses at Variance with Preceding Prose
- Appendix IV Possible Integration between Prose and End Verses
- Appendix V Proposed Interpolations at the End of Chapters
- Appendix VI Possible Instances of Unattributed Citation
- Appendix VII Proposed Interpolations Depending on Citations
- Appendix VIII Other Proposed Interpolations
- Appendix IX Manu’s Seventh Chapter and the Daṇḍanīti
- Appendix X Brāhmaṇical Privileges
- Bibliography
- Index Locorum
- Index
- Ideas in Context
Summary
This chapter begins the text-critical study at the heart of the book. It analyzes the relationship between two different and redundant types of text-segments in the extant text, chapters (ādhyāyas) and topics (prakaraṇas). The chapters are shown to have been added at a later time. So, too, the verses that conclude each of these chapters in the extant text are shown to have been added along with the chapter segments. This chapter goes on to argue that all, or nearly all, of the verses in the text are later additions. Other additions made at the end of certain chapters are identified.
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- The History of the ArthasastraSovereignty and Sacred Law in Ancient India, pp. 52 - 82Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019