Arthashastra

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ये च अप्य् अस्मबन्धिनो अवश्य भर्तव्यास् ते लक्षणम् अङ्ग विद्यां जम्भक विद्यां माया गतम् आश्रम धर्मं निमित्तम् अन्तर चक्रम् इत्य् अधीयानाः सत्त्रिणः, संसर्ग विद्यां च ॥

THOSE orphans (asambandhinah) who are to be necessarily fed by the state and are put to study science, palmistry (angavidya), sorcery (máyágata), the duties of the various orders of religious life, legerdemain (jambhakavidya), and the reading of omens and augury (antara-chakra), are classmate spies or spies learning by social intercourse (samsargavidyasatrinah).

english translation

ye ca apy asmabandhino avazya bhartavyAs te lakSaNam aGga vidyAM jambhaka vidyAM mAyA gatam Azrama dharmaM nimittam antara cakram ity adhIyAnAH sattriNaH, saMsarga vidyAM ca ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript