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> There is one canakya sloka which often misued.

>

> It is something about beating a drum, beating a woman..

> I wonder if anyone has that sloka. I cannot find it. I saw it once and

> it was not at all as it is generally misquoted.. It did say beating a

> drum, but the others were different..

 

There is nothing in Canakya's Niti-sastra about beating a drum or a wife,

but since he obviously got most of his maxims from Brhaspati's Niti-sara,

from the Garuda Purana, I checked there and did find in 1.109.31:

 

"Wicked persons, artisans, slaves, defiled ones, drums and women are

softened by being beaten; they do not deserve gentle handling."

 

Note: this is a translation by J.L. Shastri (Motilal Banarsidass

Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 1978, 1990 / ISBN: 81-208-0344-2 Vol. I). I cannot

say anything about the accuracy of the translation or its proper context.

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