History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c43.127

v3.c43.127

*Pañcalāṅgalaka:*—(Matsya 283). Five ploughshares should be made of some strong wood (teak, sandal &c.) and five of gold, ten fine oxen should be decked with gold on their horns and with pearls on their tails, silver on their hoofs and a gift of these and of land equal to one kharvaṭa, kheṭa²⁰⁴⁷ or village or a gift of one hundred or fifty nivartanas according to one's means should be made. A brāhmaṇa with his wife is to be honoured with golden chains, rings, silken garments, wristlets.