Search all dictionaries

Apte, Monier-Williams and Macdonell at once. Type in any of fifteen scripts and schemes; the word is converted and looked up wherever it is part of a headword.

Results for कौटिल्यम्

1 entry · exact headword first

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

कौटिल्यम्kauṭilyamCrookedness (lit. and fig.); कौटिल्यं कचनिचये करचरणा- धरतलेषु रागस्ते K. P.
[Compare नित्यं कौटिल्ये गतौ ParasmaipadaIII.1.23.]
1. Crookedness (Literal and Figurative); कौटिल्यं कचनिचये करचरणा- धरतलेषु रागस्ते K. Parasmaipada
2. Wickedness.
3. dishonesty, fraud; यो मित्राणि करोत्यत्र न कौटिल्येन वर्तते Pt.2.185.
Derived forms and compounds
- -ल्यः 'The crooked', Name of Chāṇakya, a celebrated writer on civil polity, (the work being known as चाण्क्य- नीति), the friend and adviser of Chandragupta and a very important character in the Mudrārākṣasa; कौटिल्यः कुटिलमतिः स एष येन क्रोधाग्नौ प्रसभमदाहि नन्दवंशः Mu.1.7; स्पृशति मां भृत्यभावेन कौटिल्यशिष्यः Mu.7.
- -शास्त्रम् Chāṇakya's doctrine (diplomacy).
Source: ApteApte entry