History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.386.4

v4.c63.386.4

99 he says that all claims above 1000 paṇas (of copper) are to be regarded as of great value, but in charges of treason and of the committing of any one of the five grave sins (*mahāpātakas*) any one of these four ordeals may be resorted to without regard to value and without any offer to pay fine on defeat. So also these four ordeals were to be offered to the defendant where the plaintiff offered to pay a fine on defeat. The ordeal of *kośa* was allowed in all claims whether of high value or low value or whether the plaintiff offered to pay a fine on defeat or not.