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Kautilya's Arthashastra 2.27.14

Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 2.27.14

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2.27.14

gaṇikām akāmāṃ rundhato niṣpātayato vā vraṇavidāraṇena vā rūpaṃupaghnataḥ sahasraṃ daṇḍaḥ //

When a man keeps under confinement, or abducts, a prostitute against her will, or disfigures her by causing hurt, he shall be fined 1,000 panas or more rising up to twice the amount of her ransom (nishkraya) according to the circumstances of the crime and the position and the status of the prostitute (sthánaviseshena).

R. Shamasastry 1915, Kautilya's Arthaśāstra

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