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Kautilya's Arthashastra 3.19.12

Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 3.19.12

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Sanskrit

3.19.12

kāṣṭhaloṣṭapāṣāṇalohadaṇḍarajjudravyāṇām anyatamena duḥkham aśoṇitam utpādayataś caturviṃśatipaṇo daṇḍaḥ, śoṇitotpādane dviguṇaḥ, anyatra duṣṭaśoṇitāt //

Causing a bloodless wound with a stick, mud, a stone, an iron bar, or a rope shall be punished with a fine of 24 panas. Causing the blood to gush out excepting bad or diseased blood shall be punished with double the fine.

R. Shamasastry 1915, Kautilya's Arthaśāstra

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