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Kautilya's Arthashastra 3.20.14

Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 3.20.14

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3.20.14

prakīrṇakaṃ tu - yācitakāvakrītakāhitakanikṣepakāṇāṃ yathādeśakālam adāne, yāmacchāyāsamupaveśasaṃsthitīnāṃ vā deśakālātipātane, gulmataradeyaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ sādhayataḥ, prativeśānuveśayor upari nimantraṇe ca dvādaśapaṇo daṇḍaḥ //

As regards miscellaneous offences:--

R. Shamasastry 1915, Kautilya's Arthaśāstra

When a person does not return in required place or time the property he has borrowed or hired, or placed in his custody as a deposit, sits under the shade for more than one and a quarter of an hour (ayáma) as prescribed, evades under the excuse of being a Bráhman the payment due while passing military stations or crossing rivers, and bawls out or invites others to fight against his neighbours, he shall be punished with a fine of 12 panas.

R. Shamasastry 1915, Kautilya's Arthaśāstra

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