History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c62.509.3

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offering himself as the prey, which involves the condition that the king himself with a fixed number of troops or with the flower of his army would present himself when called), *ātmarakṣaṇa* (saving himself, where the condition is that the commander-in-chief or the crown prince would present himself with an army), *adṛṣṭapuruṣa* (lit. in which no person is definitely prescribed, where the agreement is that some one on the king's behalf or the king himself should march with the army to some place as required by the invader). These sandhis are called *daṇḍopanata* (lit. in which submission is made with the army). Sandhis made on condition of offering the treasury (*kośopanata*) are *parikraya* (lit. price, where by offering the treasury the other elements of *rājya* are kept free), *upagraha* (where as much money is offered as can be carried on a man's shoulder), *kapāla* (lit. broken half of a pot, where an immense amount of money has to be paid). Sandhis called *deśopanata* (submission with offer of territory) are *ādiṣṭa* (where a part of the realm is ceded and the rest saved from the invader), *ucchinna* (where all the realm except the capital which has been deprived of all its wealth is offered), *apakraya* where by offering the produce of the land the kingdom is freed, *paribhūṣaṇa* where the agreement is to pay more than the produce of the land. Kām. adds some varieties and remarks (IX.