Rākṣasārthaśāstram: A Sanskrit morphology of extractive wealth

This paper reads the Sanskrit vocabulary of taking as a theory of the difference between legitimate and destructive extraction, and it makes three claims. The first is philological: where English flattens everything into

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Journal
International Journal of Sanskrit Research
Published
2026-11-01
DOI
https://doi.org/10.22271/23947519.2026.v12.i6a.3392
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Indian and Buddhist Studies
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Rākṣasārthaśāstram: A Sanskrit morphology of extractive wealth

Swapan Samanta
International Journal of Sanskrit Research
Indian and Buddhist Studies
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Rākṣasārthaśāstram: A Sanskrit morphology of extractive wealth

Swapan Samanta
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Abstract

This paper reads the Sanskrit vocabulary of taking as a theory of the difference between legitimate and destructive extraction, and it makes three claims. The first is philological: where English flattens everything into

International Journal of Sanskrit ResearchVol. 12(6)
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Indian and Buddhist Studies
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