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Kautilya's Arthashastra 2.8.29

Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 2.8.29

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Sanskrit

2.8.29

kṛtapratighātāvasthaḥ sūcako niṣpannārthaḥ ṣaṣṭham aṃśaṃ labheta, dvādaśam aṃśaṃ bhṛtakaḥ //

Any informant (súchaka) who supplies information about embezzlement just under perpetration shall, if he succeeds in proving it, get as reward one-sixth of the amount in question; if he happens to be a government servant (bhritaka), he shall get for the same act one-twelfth of the amount.

R. Shamasastry 1915, Kautilya's Arthaśāstra

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