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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