Translations as Propaganda - Chanakya Niti example
From Chapter 8 Verse 5 of Chanakya Niti
चा डालानां सह े च सू र भ त वद श भः।
एको ह यवनः ो ो न नीचो यवनात् परः।।"The wise who discern the essence of things have declared that the yavana (meat eater) is equal in baseness to a thousand candalas the lowest class), and hence a yavana is the basest of men; indeed there is no one more base."
One word and three different interpretations.
The word yavana is interpreted as meat eater in one English translation (above).
Try and guess the translation of the same word in the version below.
(not even historically correct, not remotely)
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