कौटिल्य के #अर्थशास्त्रम् में वर्णित शत्रुवध (Destruction of Enemy) के विभिन्न प्रयोग (Concerning Secret Practices).

• Target Person - अधर्मिष्ठ (Unrighteous).
• Aim (हेतु) - चातुर्वर्ण्यरक्षा (Protection of 4 वर्ण).

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घातक विष को विश्वसनीय म्लेच्छों के द्वारा शत्रु के वस्त्रों में लगवाना ।

Deadly poison to be introduced on articles/clothes by trusted म्लेच्छ people.

Note the use of म्लेच्छ people in such an atrocious but important task.
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चितकबरा मेंढक, जंगली तीतर, कानखजुरा, छिपकली आदि के चूर्ण का धुआँ तत्काल ही प्राणघातक होता है ।

Smoke of the powder of speckled frog, centipede, lizard etc. can instantly kill the person.
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कड़वी तोरई और यातुधान औषधि की जड़ों को भिलावा के पुष्पचूर्ण के साथ मिला कर पीने से पन्द्रह दिन में व्यक्ति की मृत्यु होती है ।

Juice of roots of धामार्गव & यातुधान mixed with powder of भल्लाटक flowers causes death in 15 days.
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सर्प की केंचुली, गाय का गोबर, अश्व की लीद और द्विमुखी सर्प के मस्तक के चूर्ण का धुआँ अंधत्व लाता है ।

Serpent slough, dung of cow & horse and head of a blind reptile - Smoke of the powder of all these causes blindness in the person.
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गिरगिट और छिपकली के मिश्रण का धुआँ कोढ़ (कुष्ठरोग) लाता है । 😳

Mixture of Chameleon (or Lizard) and a house lizard causes leprosy.
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चितकबरा मेंढक + मध + मनुष्य का रक्त के चूर्ण का धुआँ = प्रमेह + क्षयरोग । 😱

Smoke of the mixture of Speckled Frog + Honey + Human Blood = Disease of Bladder and consumption.
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Arrow smeared with blood of musk-rat & Mixture of seeds of शाल्मली, विदारी, मूल, वत्सनाभ makes wounded person to bite others. Eventually kills entire army unit.

शाल्मली, विदारी आदि के बीज + छछूंदर के रक्त से लेप किए बाण से फैलते विष से सैनिक अन्योन्य को काटने लगते हैं ।
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Fire (अग्नि) from charcoal & wood, burnt by lightning, if offered under कृत्तिका/भरणी नक्षत्र in honour of रुद्र, burns everything of enemy camp.

No remedy can extinguish such fire. This fire can only be lit up by an expert.

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In this thread, you will see an example how they are trying to paddle fake agenda by citing "laughable/substandard references" in the field of #History

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• Fake Agenda/Claim - Mughal Victory

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