[INDOLOGY] poison

[Tieken, H.J.H.]

Dear Jonathan,


Book 14, Chapter 1 of the Arthaśāstra provides recipes for poisons for killing enemies. One example: powder made from the speckled frog, Kauṇḍinyaka-insect  .... all this mixed with the sap of the Bhallāṭaka-tree ... causes instant death. The smoke of these products has the same effect. But where will you colleague find a speckled frog?


Best, Herman


Herman Tieken
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2515 BP Den Haag
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