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# Agnipurana 256.4

Agnipurāṇa 256.4

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [256.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.256.4)

anṛte tu pṛthagdaṇḍyā rājñā madhyamasāhasam /  
abhāve jñātṛcihnānāṃ rājā sīmnaḥ pravattakaḥ //

> If they speak falsely, however, they are to be punished individually by the king with the middle fine for violence; / in the absence of witnesses and markers, the king shall establish the boundary.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni~en-mt.256.4) — English, machine translation

## Other recensions (1)

- [Agnipurāṇa (Nag Publishers edition, Delhi)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni*nag.256.4) — Sanskrit

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