Manusmriti 8.398
Mānava Dharmaśāstra 8.398
- Language
- Sanskrit
8.398
śulkasthāneṣu kuśalāḥ sarvapaṇyavicakṣaṇāḥ
kuryur arghaṃ yathāpaṇyaṃ tato viṃśaṃ nṛpo haret //
Let the king take one-twentieth of that (amount) which men, well acquainted with the settlement of tolls and duties (and) skilful in (estimating the value of) all kinds of merchandise, may fix as the value for each saleable commodity.
Translations (1)
- The Laws of Manu — Georg Bühler 1886, English
Commentaries (6)
- Manubhāṣya — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
- Manvarthamuktāvalī — Kullūka Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- Manvarthacandrikā — Rāghavānanda Sarasvatī, Sanskrit
- Commentary of Nārāyaṇa — Nārāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- Mānavāryabhāṣya — Sanskrit
- Manvāśrayānusāriṇī — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
Discussed in (7)
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — Kane 1930, English
- The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India — Rapson 1922, English
- Social and Rural Economy of Northern India, cir. 600 B.C.–200 A.D. — Bose 1942, English
- Contributions to the History of the Hindu Revenue System — Ghoshal 1929, English
- Theory of Government in Ancient India (Post-Vedic) — Prasad 1927, English
- The Social and Military Position of the Ruling Caste in Ancient India, as Represented by the Sanskrit Epic — Hopkins 1889, English
- Hindu Law and Custom (Recht und Sitte) — Jolly & Ghosh 1896, English