Spies
group · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
spies · his spies · skillful spies
in the texts
Manusmṛti
Agents used by the king to monitor officials and gather intelligence.
he should ascertain their conduct in their districts through his spies.
And the sending of envoys, and the remainder of his business, and the conduct of the inner apartments, and the activities of his spies.
And the entire eightfold business, and the fivefold group of spies in truth, and the attachment and disaffection of the people, and the conduct of the *maṇḍala* (the circle of states).
Nāradasmṛti
Covert agents, some former thieves themselves, deployed by the king to detect and entrap thieves
Having identified them through very skillful spies who practice the same trade, they should be pursued and caught by men who are secretly deployed.
Likewise, other trustworthy and clever-speaking spies, who were formerly thieves, should be deployed;
empty houses, forests, and temples—these should be infiltrated by spies intent on catching thieves.