Kautilya's Arthashastra 4.12.34
Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 4.12.34
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- Sanskrit
4.12.34
jāraṃ cora ity abhiharataḥ pañcaśato daṇḍaḥ, hiraṇyena muñcatas tadaṣṭaguṇaḥ //
When a man falsely accuses another of having committed theft while in reality the latter is guilty of adultery, the complainant shall be fined 500 panas.
He who lets off an adulterer by receiving gold shall pay a fine of eight times the value of the gold (he received).
Translations (1)
- Kautilya's Arthaśāstra — R. Shamasastry 1915, English
Commentaries (4)
- Pratipadapañcikā — Bhaṭṭasvāmin, Sanskrit
- Cāṇakyaṭīkā — Bhikṣu Prabhamati, Sanskrit
- Nayacandrikā — Mādhavayajvan, Sanskrit
- Śrīmūla — T. Gaṇapati Śāstrī, Sanskrit