[INDOLOGY] Six calamities

[Peter Wyzlic]

Am 14.10.2020 um 11:42 schrieb Christophe Vielle via INDOLOGY:
> From which (nīti?)śāstra
> could come the following śloka about the six 'īti' :
>
> ativṛṣṭir anāvṛṣṭir  mūṣikāḥ śalabhāḥ śukāḥ |
> pratyāsannāś ca rājānaḥ  ṣaḍ eta ītayaḥ smṛtāḥ ||
>
> PW gives a slightly different version with a reference to Parāśara, 
> according to the Śabdakalpadruma
> ativṛṣṭir anāvṛṣṭiḥ śalabhā mūṣikāḥ khagāḥ
> pratyāsannāś ca rājānaḥ ṣaḍ eta ītayaḥ smṛtāḥ ..Parāśara  im Śkdr.

Hartmut Scharfe in his "The State in Indian Tradition" (Leiden: Brill, 
1989, p. 69) refers to Kṛtyakalpataru and Vīramitrodaya. In this list we 
find: deluge, drought, rats, locusts, parrots and kings that are too 
near [to their subjects] (and thus able to satisfy their greed). He 
refers, too, to an older list of calamities in the Arthaśāstra.

Hope it helps,
Peter Wyzlic

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