Kautilya's Arthashastra 4.6.7
Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 4.6.7
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- Sanskrit
4.6.7
tac cen niveditam āsādyeta, rūpābhigṛhītam āgamaṃ pṛcchet "kutas te labdham" iti //
On receiving information regarding the sale or mortgage of old articles, the Superintendent shall ask the owner how he came by it. He may reply: it has been inherited; it has been received from a third person; it is purchased by himself; or it has been made to order; or it is a secret pledge; he may definitely state that the time and place when and where it came into being. Or he may adduce evidence as to the price and commission (kshanamúlyam) for which it was purchased. If his statement regarding the antecedent circumstances of the article is found to be true, he shall be let off.
Translations (1)
- Kautilya's Arthaśāstra — R. Shamasastry 1915, English
Commentaries (5)
- Śrīmūla — T. Gaṇapati Śāstrī, Sanskrit
- Śrīmūla — Gaṇapatisāstrin, Sanskrit
- Pratipadapañcikā — Bhaṭṭasvāmin, Sanskrit
- Cāṇakyaṭīkā — Bhikṣu Prabhamati, Sanskrit
- Nayacandrikā — Mādhavayajvan, Sanskrit
Linked texts (1)
- Hindu Law and Custom (Recht und Sitte) — Julius Jolly & Batakrishna Ghosh, English