The Mauryan Polity c5.s4.20

c5.s4.20

| Original meaning. | Interpretation in the light of the Arthaśāstra. |
| 1. Officer. | Subordinate Government servant. |
| 2. Provincial chief or officer. | Officer in charge of criminal administration. |
| 3. School, Committee. | Council. |
| 4. Agents. | Assistants to Yuktas. |
| 5. For registering these rules, for purposes of accounts. | Department of accounts. |
| 6. Immediate and long time to come. | Present and future. |
| 7. Cow, cattle. | Pasture. |
| 8. Officer in charge of administration of city. | City Magistrate. |
| 9. Trouble, torture, harsh treatment. | Punishment amounting to torture. |
| 10. 'Conquest by morality.' | Righteous war. |
| 11. Partaking of riches. | An eighth share. |
| 12. A civil day spent in travelling. | A night and a day. |
| 13. Some eatable animal. | Stag. |
| 14. Officer in charge of high roads, etc. | Superintendent of pastures. |