अर्थशास्त्रarthaśāstra

अर्थशास्त्र (arthaśāstra) is a Sanskrit word meaning a treatise on practical life and political government, the science of polity and political government, ethics, politics, a treatise on practical life or policy, manual of practical life, the science of polity or moral and political government. Its 9 recorded definitions are grouped into 2 contexts, among them Science of Polity, Governance, and Related Conduct, Manual/Science of Practical Life or General Practical Sciences.

Etymology
E. अर्थ possession, property, and शास्त्र institutes of a science
Definitions
9
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Meanings by context

Manual/Science of Practical Life or General Practical Sciences

2 definitions
manual of practical life

Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

the practical sciences

Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

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Definitions on this page come from 9 works: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Purana Index, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.