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Kautilya's Arthashastra 3.20.6

Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 3.20.6

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Sanskrit

3.20.6

parājitaś ced dviguṇadaṇḍaḥ kriyeta na kaścana rājānam abhisariṣyati //

But Kautilya objects to it: for if the punishment for the vanquished were to be doubled, none would complain to the king. Yet gamblers are naturally false players.

R. Shamasastry 1915, Kautilya's Arthaśāstra

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