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Kautilya's Arthashastra 4.1.23

Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 4.1.23

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4.1.23

prathamanejane caturbhāgaḥ kṣayaḥ, dvitīye pañcabhāgaḥ //

[In the first wash of red-coloured clothes, there is a loss of ¼th part (of the colour); in the second wash, 1/5th part. This explains subsequent losses. The rules pertaining to washermen are also applicable to weavers.

R. Shamasastry 1915, Kautilya's Arthaśāstra

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